 It's now time for oral questions. I recognize the member for London West. Thank you, Speaker. My question is to the Premier. Speaker, how did the Premier decide that pleasing his radical social conservative friends was a higher priority than protecting the human rights of Ontario students? So I'm going to start off by cautioning the members on inflammatory language that inflames the House. I heard part of the question, but then the reaction, I couldn't hear the whole question. I'm going to allow it. The Premier responds. Well, through you, Mr. Speaker, I accept the opposition's radical comments. My friends, I know the NDP don't believe in this, but we believe in doing something that they don't believe in. That's actually consulting with parents. I know that's unusual. And I think they know that the consultation, as they propped up the Liberals for 15 years on every issue, including this one, they went online. They went online and consulted with 16 people after the curriculum was already put together. So they believe that's proper curriculum, I mean consultation, we believe in consulting with the parents. But do you know what's even more important, Mr. Speaker? More important are the math tests. Where our students are, grade 6 math students, 50% of them are failing math. Thank you. This morning, human rights lawyers were here at Queens Park to launch legal action against the Premier's dangerous plan. I applaud the work that these advocates are doing. They are speaking up on behalf of students including an 11-year-old child who will suffer significant harm if the Premier is allowed to erase gender identity, same-sex families and LGBTQ2 issues from Ontario schools. Speaker, why is this Premier violating the human rights of children across Ontario? Premier. Mr. Speaker, I know like the NDP, they like fear mongering. But we're going to actually consult with parents. We're going to focus on math scores. We're going to focus on math and science, which we should be focusing on. Again, when half our students are failing math, we have an issue. When the grade 6 students are the lowest in all of Canada. We are the lowest in all of Canada under the old curriculum. We're going to fix the old curriculum. We're going to make our students the top in the country. Final supplementary. Speaker, the 1998 curriculum fails to provide the information that students need to stay safe and it fails to respect the human rights of Ontario students. That is why 30 school boards representing about two-thirds of all children in this province have issued formal statements raising concerns about the risks and direct harm that the Premier's plan will create. Speaker, school boards and teachers want to protect the health and human rights of their students. Why doesn't this Premier? Premier. Mr. Speaker, we're going back to the NDP math. They can't add up. There's actually all together 76 school boards and we're going to consult with the folks at the school board. But most important, Mr. Speaker, most important, we're going to consult with the parents. The number one issue is not the sex ed. It's math scores. It's about educating our students. And I know the opposition. Anyone before 2014, anyone over 2014, I guess they just didn't get it. They didn't get it. We're going back to 2014. We're going to consult with the parents both on math, on sciences, but also on the sex ed. And once we consult with the parents, that's when we'll make our decision. Thank you. Next question. Start the clock. Member for Waterloo. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Premier. Young children and their families should not have to fight the Premier of this province just to make sure that every child is supported in our classrooms. So why is this Premier forcing families to launch legal challenges just to ensure that the human rights of our kids are protected this September? Mr. Speaker, we're going to have the most robust consultation this province has ever seen. We're going to go to all 124 ridings. And do you know what's really ironic, Mr. Speaker? I'm going to go into some of these ridings that people in their ridings are dead against the sex ed. They're dead against our kids failing math. And there's actually people that were elected in certain areas that I know personally. Brampton, for example, my friend over in Brampton, they know both candidates known from Brampton, how their people feel in Brampton. They're dead against it. So we're going to pay Brampton a visit. We'll go pay Scarborough a visit and see what their parents actually think. Because I know what their parents think. They're dead against it. They want to be consulted. They're actually teaching their kids at a school. Supplementary. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Well, I want you to know that the people in Waterloo, they care about consent. And they care about the safety of the kids in our schools. Every day, Mr. Speaker, more and more people are speaking out against the Premier's dangerous plan to drag students back to 1998. Twenty-six school boards, 30 school boards now have issued statements of concern. They're taking a stand and I'm very proud of those school boards. Also, 1,800 healthcare professionals say the Premier's plan put children at risk. And now the Premier is facing legal action from the families of children who will be harmed by your actions. Why is this Premier not interested in protecting the health and the human rights of all Ontario students? Premier. Mr. Speaker, through you, do you know what puts our children at risk? Is when we don't consult their parents. That's what puts our children at risk. What puts our children at risk is when we don't consult with the parents and we listen to a bunch of politicians, we listen to a bunch of activists, that's what puts our children at risk. What we should be doing is consulting with the parents that we're going to do right across 124 ridings. We're going to reach out to the parents. We're going to actually reach out to the experts. We're going to reach out to anyone that's involved, even the teachers. I know the leader. I know they don't believe in reaching out to teachers. Because I talk to teachers throughout the campaign. They don't agree with the curriculum. They don't agree with the math curriculum. They don't agree with the sex ed curriculum. They don't agree. Thank you. Premier will take a seat. Final supplementary. Thank you very much. What I would like to say to this Premier is that this issue is so important. It's too important to play politics with, Mr. Speaker. The government side has to come to order. I have to be able to hear the member asking the question. Restart the clock. Member for Waterloo. Thank you very much. According to one parent, having the 2015 curriculum at her child's school taught him to have a voice and to acknowledge that there's nothing wrong with him. But the Premier's plan to scrap the health curriculum and erase same-sex families, gender identity and consent from Ontario's classrooms, this will hurt students across Ontario. Why is this Premier sacrificing the human rights of students just to return a political favour to his socially conservative friends? Through you, Mr. Speaker. I don't remember ever saying anything that the other members said we were saying on the campaign. It's fear-mongering. They try to put fear into the people of Ontario, the students of Ontario. It's shameful. And the same parents, only 1,600 people were consulted, over 14 million people are in this province. 1,600 people were consulted. The numbers are fudged. Something is wrong here. But I can promise you one thing, Mr. Speaker. We're going to be travelling around this province. We're going to hear from the parents. We're going to hear from the teachers. We're going to hear from the experts. And they're going to decide. And we'll bring it back into the House here and then we will have the proper math curriculum. We'll have the proper sex ed curriculum. My question is to the Premier. Premier, your government trounced on the democratic process by making a unilateral decision to slash Toronto City Council without any real public consultation. Now you're using time allocation to force through the legislation while preventing the public to appear before the committee to have their say. Public consultation and the use of committee is a democratic process that has long been cherished. How can you purport to be a government of the people when you won't let them into the building to have a say about their legislation? Thank you, Speaker. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak to the member. Again, we were very, very clear. Crystal clear. During the campaign that we were going to reduce the size and cost of government. I'm actually pleased that the NDP actually want to talk about Bill 5 rather than the drive-by smears that they've been doing in this city council. It's going to provide an efficient and effective council. It's going to provide $25 million savings. It's going to provide on October 22nd the opportunity to have a streamlined 25 member council with the same boundaries that are in the federal MPs, the same boundaries that are in the provincial MPs, MPPs, its good public policies. Clark, supplementary. Anything but clear you have been on this bill. Never raised it in the last election once. Nobody's seen this thing coming. It all of a sudden got announced one day out of the blue. And you're saying that you're not going to allow the people of this province and the people of these cities affected to come before public committee and have their say. You can't pretend to be a government of the people when you won't open the front door to the legislature and allow the people to come in with a present. Minister. Speaker, through you to the member. It's pretty rich coming from the ADP that just ran a campaign that was anti-police, anti-bachelor, anti-poppy. Hope last and I can't hear the member who has the floor. That can't be allowed to happen. Okay, we restart the clock. Next question. For Aurora Oak Ridge's Richmond Hill. Thank you. Mr. Speaker, my question today is for the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services. Mr. Speaker, our government for the people have remained committed to public safety across this great province. The daily duties of a police officer are dangerous and the brave men and women of our police services deserve to perform their duties safely and effectively. As members of this house are aware, Ontario has seen an increase in the number of gun and gang-related violence taking place on our streets. Gun violence is a menace to our streets and will not be tolerated, Mr. Speaker, by this government. Speaker, could the Minister please update the members of this legislature on how his ministry will tackle the problem of gun and gang-related violence? Mr. Secretary of Community Safety and Correctional Services. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I want to thank the member from Aurora Oak Ridge's Richmond Hill for this very important question. At the outset, I just want to thank our first responders for the great work that they do to keep our community safe. Mr. Speaker, it's time to put public safety first. Our government for the people is listening to police and investing real money to help them protect families and gang and gun violence. Mr. Speaker, during the election campaign, we promised to restore the $12 million in funding that the previous government cut from the fight against gangs and gun violence. Today, we're investing $25 million unlike the members of the official opposition who have continually insulted the men and women of our police services. The member can take this. Supplementary. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to thank the minister for his response in this incredibly important topic. This announcement of additional funding to the police services is needed to address the problem of gun and gang-related violence in Ontario and especially within the City of Toronto. Mr. Speaker, as a member of this government for the people, I'm proud to stand here today and know that we have kept another promise we made to the people of Ontario. Mr. Speaker, the brave men and women of our police services desperately need the tools and resources to address gun violence. And I know the minister will continue to deliver on this government's commitments to ensuring public safety across this great province. Again to the minister. What actions will your ministry be taking to ensure that the streets of Toronto and all of Ontario and the many communities remain safe? Minister. I thank the member for his question. Mr. Speaker, our government has kept the promise we made to improve public safety within this great province. This new investment in our police services will allow Toronto Police Service to purchase equipment and innovative technologies for their important task of tackling gun and gang violence within the City of Toronto. The time for talk is over and we're delivering real action to keep our neighbourhood safe. We're challenging the municipal and federal governments to also step up to do their part and support our police services. Mr. Speaker, we will continue meeting with our community safety partners over the coming weeks so that we can find solutions necessary to protect Ontarians from being the victims of senseless violence and to keep our first responders safe while performing their duties. Mr. Speaker, promise made. Promise kept. Promise doubled. Restart the clock. Next question, the member for Thunder Bay Atacocca. Thank you, Speaker. To the Premier, when did the government inform participants of the basic income pilot program that the program was to end and have they been informed when they will no longer receive the income they have come to count on? Mr. Speaker, Mr. Speaker, we had a little issue for the people at home where we're dealing with a serious issue on the other side of the aisle. We have one of the members from Essex just tell us he's going to throw a landmine and blow this place up. I think the cheese slipped off the cracker with this guy. When he is threatening to blow this place up, that's a serious, serious issue we're facing and he said we're bringing a landmine. Premier will take a seat. The Premier will take a seat. Supplementary question. Back to the Premier. My constituent, Sherri Medawagan wasn't told by this government about this life-altering decision. Instead, she learned about it over social media. What Sherri and others have since heard from the program, administrators, is that their last payment will be at the end of August. Sherri had enrolled in school, had plans to use basic income as a step out of poverty. Not anymore. And Donna George Morrison, whose father was a World War II veteran and father, a victim of the residential school, was on disability and caring for her eight-year-old grandson. She's on basic income. She could buy food, fruit, meat. Now she will have to go back to food banks. What does the Premier say to Sherri and Donna? Premier. Services. And it gives me an opportunity to update the House with things that I said yesterday that clearly the member opposite wasn't listening to. First of all, I want to assure her that Sherri and Donna are being listened to. We have heard them. I have staffer in the gallery and we want to make sure that when we wind this program down and the details will emerge in the next couple of weeks on how we're going to do that, it will be a compassionate and lengthy runway so people will still receive their checks for the next few months. But I will tell you this. We're fully implemented. We'll cost $17 billion raising the HST to 20% and additional 7%. That would impact the poor of this province, the vulnerable. And right now we have 1 in 7 people that are living in poverty and our job as a government for the people is to lift them up. To give them a pathway to success when they're able to work, get them into that pathway. But when they don't have those skills and when they're unable to do that, we have to support them. So that's why I have a button on the liberal pan that was patchwork and fragmented it's decided to give a 1.5% increase. Thank you very much. Thank you Mr. Speaker. My question today is for the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services. Minister, I was shocked to read the story of convicted sex offender at Sania Prince who is in Canada illegally. I see Mr. Prince who has been convicted on child pornography charges will be in Canada's prison system while he awaits extradition. Minister, the federal government through ministers, Blair, Godel and Hussein claim there is no crisis at the border yet more than a thousand illegal border crossers come into Canada each month. Many of these illegal crossers come across at Roxam Road. Minister, I understand this convicted sex offender also across the border into Canada at Roxam Road. Our border appears to be a path for illegal crossers and now sex offender. Thank you. Minister of Children, Community and Social Services responsible for immigration. I want to say thank you to the member for this very important issue. I heard the member opposite refer to that person as an asylum seeker. He is a child registered sex offender and he crossed into our country at an irregular port of entry in Quebec and now we are paying for him to be here so this is a crisis and it is because of the federal government's failed policies at our border and the government by ensuring that there was not one, not two, not three, before ministers in the federal government responsible for this crisis. This is a federal decision and I will be going to Ottawa on Monday to ask for our $200 million in costs that continue to escalate in this province as a result of what's happening at the border but this should be a shock and a concern for every Ontario when a child sex offender can cross the border into our country and expect social services. Thank you. Thank you for that answer. I can't believe anyone would suggest this isn't a crisis. I appreciate your support, your position on this important matter. It would be a huge step in the right direction if ministers Blair, Godel and Hussain would finally admit they don't have a solution to this crisis. Now I hear the illegal border crossers will be put up in hotels for what I understand could be years. Have the college facilities been vacated or will students now be negatively impacted? As well, could you please tell me if the federal government is paying millions per month to house illegal border crossers indefinitely? Thank you. Minister. As you know Speaker last weekend we found that two thirds of Canadians agree with the Ontario government's approach on this and every single person agrees with our premier in how we're approaching this. That is why to talk about the crisis at our border and the crisis in our emergency shelter system I know that we are a welcoming society but our patients has been tested as is our generosity as a result of these failed federal policies that five ministers are now presiding over and passing as a hot potato. I'm going to simply say thank you to Centennial and Humber College that the feds need to pay for their failed policies. $200 million is a lot of money Mr. Speaker and that's Ontario's money and that we need that back so I will be going on Monday to speak to those federal ministers and demand to be compensated. Member for Scarborough Southwest will come to order. The premier will come to order. Start the clock. Next question the member for Toronto Danforth. Thank you Speaker. My question to the premier. The premier didn't campaign on cancelling democratic elections and he seems to have taken everyone including his own caucus by surprise. It was especially surprising because of news reports that the premier's office was getting engaged in the peel regional chair election. The premier claims to have consulted people about this particular piece of government policy. Did the premier consult with any former members of this house about regional chair elections? The premier. Minister of municipal affairs and housing. Thank you Speaker. To the member for Toronto Danforth during the campaign we talked about respecting taxpayers. We talked to tens of thousands of people during that campaign. We were delivered here in this house with a strong mandate to get things done and that's exactly what we're doing. We're going to reduce gas the urgent priorities act that ended the longest strike at a university in Canadian history. The kids are going back to York University. We're on our way to reducing gas prices by 10%. This bill, bill 5 will reduce the size of Toronto City Council and press the pause button on four elections in four regions. Again, a Toronto council made up of 25 members will be a streamlined council. It won't be a dysfunctional council. Thank you. Well I'm not surprised the premier evaded that question. I'm going to go back to this though. Again to the premier before the premier decided to interfere in democratic elections something he didn't run on and none of the members across the house ran on. There were media reports that the premier's people were trying to get someone to run against Patrick Brown. Was the premier in touch with Charles Sousa about this matter? Premier or rather, sorry, Minister of Mr. Ferris and House. Speaker again, this has got nothing to do with the bill on the order paper. It's got nothing to do with government policy. It's just another drive by smear by the NDP. You can howl all you want but I'll again remind you we're not the party that stood up against veterans, against the party. We weren't that party. Members will take their seats. Next question, the member for Thunder Bay Superior North. Thank you, Speaker. My question is to the minister of energy and order development of minds and ambiguous affairs. Speaker, the Ring of Fire is truly a multi-generational economic and social development resource project that will positively impact the economy all across the north and I believe that the minister will agree that two of the keys to this project moving forward are the building of regional infrastructure to bring the minerals to market and a continued partnership with First Nations to see that benefits go to their communities. We know that three First Nations are working on all-season roads to open up access to the provincial highway network and the Ring of Fire and, Speaker, when we were in office we committed $1 billion to ensure that these access loads are indeed built. So the government support for these roads is totally crucial. My question for the minister is this. Will the minister commit to making the necessary investments to see that the all-season roads are built and will the minister continue to work in partnership with these willing First Nations to move the Ring of Fire forward? Thank you, Speaker. Thank you for the question, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate the member opposite's efforts over the past. Unfortunately, they haven't accomplished much. I was involved obviously in the other place and in my capacity as the minister for FedNOR and from time to time we had a project or two that we were able to work successfully on in an effort to open up corridors for hydro road access to First Nations communities, improve all-season roads, Mr. Speaker, and actually get a road into the Ring of Fire, Mr. Speaker, to create jobs, economic development for indigenous communities. Instead, Mr. Speaker, what we've seen is a bit of a bog. These communities are now no longer involved in the direct activity, the benefit and the opportunity to save and accept for a couple of actually participating in the things that the Ring of Fire can offer. I'm pleased to say that moving forward, Mr. Speaker, the Ring of Fire is a top priority for us and those communities and all northern Ontario. Well, Speaker, I'm very pleased. Thank you very much for the response minister and I'm very pleased that it's a top priority for us and as it was for ours. And I think it's important to reiterate the question. Indeed, the willing First Nations that are indeed working to move those all-season access roads forward are going to be crucial to the development of the project. Certainly all other northern communities are extremely keen on this and I hope that the minister when he's at the AMO conference will be meeting with northern communities to discuss and update them on this project. But my question again is, will you have any investment necessary to move that all-season road access forward and will you continue to partner with the First Nations that are indeed willing partners in this project? Response minister. The answer can be yes if the member is willing to admit, Mr. Speaker, that there is a dramatic deficit of road access to that region and for 15 years very little got done in that respect. Let's call it for what it is. Mr. Speaker, the Ring of Fire represents a legacy opportunity not only for the jobs it will create in mining extraction not only for the economic opportunity of indigenous communities and municipalities smelting opportunities the legacy infrastructure required to support that development is as big as the prospect of mining extraction activities itself, Mr. Speaker. We've seen when indigenous communities get involved in the economic development aspects of this, like WebAquay a small business centre that played a pivotal role in the exploration activities like the communities farther to the south who are now partners with moron to make sure that they get jobs, economic opportunities and infrastructure Mr. Speaker that can create and contribute to vibrant, dynamic indigenous communities and municipalities. We start the clock. Next question the member for Scarborough Centre. Speaker, my question is to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing day after day the opposition makes outrageous and frankly inappropriate claims about bill 5 it's what they always do, try to put a negative spin on the great work that we're doing but we know the real higher taxes and job killing red tape is what they want it's just in their DNA but former government members have also made claims claims that we did not consult that's just wrong the Premier spoke to thousands of Ontarians and Torontonians during our recent campaign. They sent us here to govern on June 7 with a mandate to reduce the size and cost of government. And if I may say so we are doing a bang up to all of you. What is the former government's record on consulting but for interfear Mr. Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Thanks Mr. Speaker and I want to thank our outstanding member from Scarborough Centre for that very good question. I want to set the record straight the former government meddled in this year's Toronto election they did it quietly without consultation by slipping schedule 2 into this year's budget bill it amended the City of Toronto Act allowing council to pass a bylaw adding 3 councillors for this year's vote previously to change the council composition deadline was December 31 of the previous year like the NDP if you give the Liberals a chance they'll always increase the size and cost of government. Over here we're respecting taxpayers and I'm proud an unmanageable, unaffordable 47 member council is just another liberal mess that we're going to treat. Restart the clock supplementary. Thank you for that response minister and for explaining how the previous government amended the Toronto about changing the rules at the last minute in order to increase council size unlike them the streamlined lower cost city council that we are proposing in bill 5 has been debated for days by everyone here you and the Premier have been open and accountable by answering calls simply did not do and forgive my possible ignorance when did the budget pass to give city councillors the go ahead how did it coincide with this year's election the member for that excellent question the budget passed on May 8 one week into the municipal election campaign acted to push their agenda to allow a retroactive increase in the size and cost of Toronto council during the campaign period it's a little rich to hear yesterday the member for Don Valley stand up and criticize us when that MPP from Toronto was a member of cabinet in a government that changed the rules during the game a few short months ago I bet he didn't tell constituents that he was acting to add more councillors to the bill there's a word for that behaviour speaker but I don't think I've been abusing please come to order still have 24 minutes start the clock next question the member for London North Centre thank you Mr. Speaker my question is for the Premier London is grappling with an opioid crisis London's regional HIV AIDS connection in the Middlesex London Health Unit run a temporary overdose prevention site that has been a saving grace for my community supervised injection sites save lives they're a proven harm reduction tool for combating this public health crisis experts in London are ready to talk staff in London are ready to talk community members and people with lived experience in London are ready to talk the minister of health and long-term care has been invited to tour the site and talk to experts we're left wondering why is a professional well run organization being left in the dark this site is only temporary and will cease to exist come August 15 unless action is taken now will this government grant a much needed extension for the temporary site Premier Minister of Health thank you very much for the question I'm certainly aware of the situation with the supervised injection site in London, Ontario I do plan to visit I understand they're doing some great work as the Premier has said in the past we want to look at the evidence to make sure that the continuation of all of the supervised injection sites are going to be of benefit to people to save lives and to help introduce people into rehabilitation the particular site that you're speaking about extend its time for us to be able to continue with this investigation and that is what I'm hoping to do within the next few days to make sure that we can do that we don't want them to stop the work while our investigation is undergoing thank you supplementary Mr. Speaker back to the Premier there are six days left my constituents deserve a solid answer according to the RNNO there is robust peer reviewed evidence that these services are saving lives and making a difference the evidence is ready all you need to do is take a look at it to date staff members have already prevented seven overdoses addiction touches everyone and can tear families apart staff are saving lives everyday connecting individuals with their community and helping put them on the road to recovery this site must continue to exist past August 15 again there are six days left will this government commit here and now to grant an extension for the temporary site past the August 15 deadline the short answer to the member is yes yes I said that in my previous response we understand there is a big opioid crisis in this situation I understand that that clinic is being very well used and is doing some very good work we are going to continue our work looking at the RNNO report and the reports of others to make sure that the continued site for this site in London as well as the other supervised injection sites across the province continue it will also be part of our ongoing review our mental health and addictions review that we are undergoing that we are putting $3.8 billion into over the years we are entering to need help receive that help thank you thank you speaker my question is for the minister of finance this week our government put the people first and we kept our promise to bring Bucca beer back to Ontario as of August 27 any brewer can choose to lower the price for a beer to a dollar I am proud to be part of a government that is working to help people keep more modern money in their pockets speaker can the minister provide more details about our plans to return Bucca beer to Ontario minister finance well I want to say thank you to the member from Perth Wellington for the question and speaker when you get right down to it our Bucca beer plan is simply to encourage competition among Ontario's brewery industry and saving consumers money I remember that before 2008 Bucca beer was popular with both consumers and brewers it was a win-win and then of course the Liberals got their hands on it supported by the NDP they added a layer of bread tape when they raised the minimum beer price and made Bucca beer illegal well effective August 27 in time for Labor Day weekend speaker our government is going to lower the minimum beer price to a dollar 5.6% alcohol volume speaker promise made promise cash supplementary thank you speaker and back to the ever hard working minister of finance it's important to realize that the framier's Bucca beer challenge is just that the challenge it's voluntary it's going to be completely up to each brewer whether or not they want to lower their prices and there are no financial incentives that are needed here minister can you explain how the government is going to implement Bucca beer in a fiscally and socially responsible way minister speaker thank you again for the question we've kept our promise and done our part by lowering the price floor allowing the beer industry to participate in the premier's challenge any brewer that wants to join can join in on this great marketing opportunity we're issuing the Bucca beer challenge and the LCBO will work collaboratively with any brewer wishing to participate with no costs incurred by the Ontario taxpayers and let's be clear speaker we remain unwavering in our commitment to road responsibility and road safety we're going to trust consumers to make mature and responsible decisions but there is zero tolerance for those who do not Bucca beer back to Ontario at no cost of taxpayers and we delivered promise made promise kept Mr. Speaker St. Catherine saw more than a 300% increase in overdose in the last year and as one of the highest opioid overdose death rates in the province Mr. Mayor Sandsic and St. Catherine City Council unanimously called for a safe injection site for the city in January the future of the site like other sites in the province is now in limbo does the premier support a safe injection site for St. Catherine's questions to the premier Mr. Mayor thank you very much to the member for the question as I indicated in a previous question we are doing an examination of supervised injection sites that are already open to understand the benefits and the basis of the evidence for them to be carried on and for perhaps new injection sites to be open in the future I can't comment on a supervised injection site for St. Catherine's until we've conducted our research and I've prevented the recommendations to the premier on whether evidence supports continued extension of supervised injection sites in the province the premier Niagara regional associate medical officer of health Dr. Andrea Feller points out that a map of the region's worst OD rates line up with the region's greatest needs for decent housing and income will the premier continue to bulldoze over evidence based solutions to combat the opioid crisis and poverty to support a provincially funded safe injection site for St. Catherine's and Niagara thank you we certainly know there is an opioid problem across Ontario particularly bad in the area where you live we want to make sure that we put the right programs and services in place to be able to save people's lives but also to introduce them to rehabilitation wherever we can that is why we are undertaking a regional health review to make sure that we put those programs and services into place whether they're supervised injection sites or other treatment facilities that is work that we're going to continue over the next number of months and we invite you to participate in that process because it is important for all Ontarians that we develop a comprehensive system that serves children to youth to adults to seniors throughout all phases of their life we want to make sure that we put those in place thank you next question thank you Mr. Speaker my question is for the Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry we continue to read and see stories in the media talking about the devastation that the forest fires are causing throughout central and northern Ontario I know your ministry and the emergency responders and frontline workers are dedicating everything they have to fight these fires Minister can you please tell us how our support all of those men and women to ensure that they have all the necessary resources they need to fight these fires Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry thank you very much and thank the member from Sousa and Marie for that question this government is committed to ensuring that the province has the necessary resources to continue to fight the forest fires in northern and central Ontario yesterday the PC government under the leadership of Premier Doug Ford announced $100 million in additional funding to continue to support emergency forest fighting for the 2018 fire season as I've mentioned previously in this house the 2018 fire season is one of the worst in Ontario's history the hot dry conditions and accompanying lightning storms are expected to continue through most of the summer and quite possibly into the fall our number one priority remains the same day in and day out and that's the safety of the public and the protection of communities and private property and this additional funding that we've committed to to ensure that we continue to have the necessary resources there for our frontline workers thank you well thank you minister I am so very happy to hear how our government is so committed to ensuring our emergency responders and frontline workers remain safe and protected and ensure that they can ensure that our people are safe and protected there are reports in the media suggesting that progress is being made and that many people in northern and central Ontario are encouraged by some of the improvements in the fire situation over the last week or so could you please provide an update to us with respect to the fire situation minister thanks very much for that secondary question while crews and support staff continue to make progress on the fires across the province there still are approximately 126 active fires in the province in various stages of control in particular I'm very pleased to announce the status of Perry Sound 33 has been upgraded to being held crews have been able to maintain the perimeter and work towards the interior finding hot spots and they're taking action to extinguish them and to reduce the size of the fire in other good news people from the Henvey Inlet First Nation have returned to their homes and we're actively working with communities and other agency partners to discuss when others can safely return to the area I do want to have her note that this fire is still active and it continues to be in place so we're asking people to cooperate with emergency personnel and listen to their direction we will continue to fight these fires aggressively on the ground and in the air the 100 million dollars in additional funding will help us sustain these efforts to manage and suppress the fires and again thank you to the frontline workers for protecting the public we start the clock next question the member for London Fanshawe speaker my question is to the premier the national addictions awareness week in 2013 the deputy premier said quote we have young people with addiction problems who can't sit on a wait list waiting list for treatment for two years end quote in five years since the deputy premier raised this issue wait lists have ballooned to unimaginable lengths and supports have been stretched beyond the breaking point so I was shocked that this government would look at this crisis and choose to cut mental health funding of $330 million per year given the crisis in mental health how does the premier justify cutting services for people who are in desperate need of support great question Minister of health Minister of health and long term care thank you Mr. Speaker and I thank the member for the question although I disagree with it entirely first of all what we are actually doing is adding money to the mental health and addiction system $3.8 billion is being advanced by the federal government $3.8 billion over 10 years is a lot of money it's going to allow us to do a lot of work together to create a connected system instead of the piece mill bits and pieces that we had under 15 years with the liberals so I'm not surprised that nothing has improved in the last five years because they didn't put their minds to it they didn't create a system we are going to change that we are going to make sure that we speak to people that have lived experience with the experts with people in a number of ministries who are involved in this because it's not just the ministry of health it's about 12 different ministries that's the work that we are going to do over the next short period of time Mr. Speaker back to the premier at the same time this government is cutting mental health funding they are giving a six figure salary Mr. Speaker can I please get some order can I actually deliver my question in some civility in this house thank you speaker speaker at the time the members quite right I have to be able to hear the government side needs to come to order back to the member thank you speaker speaker at the time this government is cutting mental health funding they are giving a six figure salary to their rich friend Ruben Devlin to duplicate the job of the minister of health Mr. Speaker this is simply shameful and inefficient for this government will this government stop making people in crisis pay to pad the pockets of wallets of conservative friends and instead support my motion and commit to funding mental health addictions and supportive housing by at least 2.4 billion dollars over the next thank you thank you Mr. Speaker and I would say through you to the member that just because you say something time and time again it doesn't make it anymore true on the 50th for watching these things to understand that what we are doing is adding adding to our mental health and addiction funding a record amount of money 3.8 billion dollars capacity to serve people with mental health and addiction needs to make sure that we can build a safe place to live there is a lot of work to be done and that's a lot of money to do it with we are adding to the system we start the clock next question the member for Northumberland Peterborough South my question is to the minister of energy nuclear energy is a safe clean and reliable source of electricity in our province a source that meets 100% of our electricity needs Mr. Speaker 14% of that is provided by the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station is vital to the Durham region and my writing of Northumberland Peterborough South in fact over 4,500 jobs in the region depend on this facility jobs that would have been lost had the NDP won that last election this government is committed to providing Pickering's operating license until 2024 can the minister provide an update on the status of this license and explain what actions this government is taking to protect jobs in the province of Ontario great question Mr. Speaker and I want to thank the member for Northumberland Peterborough for that important question nuclear power is the backbone of our electricity system it produces over half of Ontario's electricity the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station alone provides power to 1.5 million homes every day that's why Mr. Speaker I am pleased to inform this legislature and in particular the member from Pickering Oxbridge to announce that the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station has received approval from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission to continue to operate until 2020 this license this license to continue to operate will keep 4,500 good jobs in Durham Region and another 3,000 jobs across the province that's 7,500 safe thank you Mr. Speaker and thank you to the minister for his leadership on this file further to my last question Mr. Speaker this announcement is great news for the people of Durham and Northumberland they know that's why they gave us this mandate that they would have lost their jobs and that they would be Mr. Speaker this announcement doesn't only help protect jobs Mr. Speaker it's also great news for Ontario ratepayers through this government's leadership in ensuring Pickering is operational until 2024 Ontario families small businesses and job creators will save hundreds of millions of dollars in electricity Mr. Speaker can the minister tell the members of this house he's doing such a great job can the minister tell the members of this house what impact this announcement will have on all Ontarians and why he's so energized to save jobs in Ontario that question Mr. Speaker it's true the Premier made a commitment to the people of Ontario to keep the Pickering Station operational until 20,024 wait for it Mr. Speaker it's true the Premier made this extension will save Ontario's electricity customers up to $600 million alongside protecting 7,500 good jobs in our provinces 7,500 jobs that the anti-nuclear Democratic Party would have eliminated Mr. Speaker Pickering nuclear provides 14% of our province's electricity every day the continued operation until 20,024 is expected to contribute $3 billion to Ontario's GDP I'm proud to say we're doing all of this in a safe and reliable facility Mr. Speaker one of the safest facilities we have in one of our government's core commitments to keep more money in people's pockets promise made next question the member for Brampton North thank you Mr. Speaker my question is for the Premier an investigation has shown that black and brown individuals are stopped by police at a rate of 5 to 10 times more than the rest of the population the previous government could have banned the practice of arbitrary street checks but they didn't today I will introduce a motion to end the practice of carting or was also known as street checks in the province once and for all will the Premier support this motion Premier Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services thank you Mr. Speaker thank you for your question as we've always stated public safety is a paramount concern to this government the Premier has been clear from day one on this matter and we will not be bringing back carting as you know I believe in giving our law enforcement officers the tools they need to get the job done I will listen to our frontline work officers about the resources they need and I will make sure that we're working with communities to ensure the trust between our police and the communities they serve Mr. Speaker our government for the people includes every person in this great province and we remain committed to enhancing public safety for all Ontarians across this great province Ontario is an inclusive province where all are respected no matter their background nationality faith or race Mr. Speaker we know how this went the last time I asked if they would end police use of carting does the premier rather support the use of carting or street checks by police yes or no Mr. Speaker as we've stated in the past public safety is a paramount concern to us and we want to ensure that the people the police officers that serve our communities have the tools they need to conduct their work in order for the frontline workers to do their work they need resources and as you know today we've committed to 25 million dollars as you can appreciate the police we require police to work in communities we require police to engage with people in the communities and we're giving them the tools to be able to do that in the long run what we're trying to do is ensure that the communities are safe and that individuals have the confidence not only in our government to do what's right for them but also to ensure that they feel safe and are able to enjoy our festivals to enjoy the streets to be able to walk freely thank you next question the member for Bruce Gray thank you Mr. Speaker my question is to the minister of government and consumer services minister we campaigned as the PCs and promises to put money back in people's pockets bring back accountability and trust create good jobs and reduce hospital wait times minister can you tell me what you and your colleagues are doing to make these promise made promise cap thank you I did hear that question loud and clear and I thank the member who's sitting right next to me for that question and it's a very good question because it's a rare opportunity for the Ontario legislature to sit here during the summer months in such close proximity to the election of June 7 and the one thing that premier Ford wanted to do after winning the election with a decisive majority I might add was to get back to work here at Queens Park and start to fulfill some of those promises Mr. Speaker to that end we have already started to clean up the liberal hydro mess we put new leadership in place and board governance at hydro one we're reducing the cost of electricity by cancelling renewable energy projects that we're going to drive up the cost of electricity by almost $800 million we got kids back to school at York University for this we're selling beer for a buck now this morning for question period member for Bruce Greil and sound on a point of order thank you very much Mr. Speaker I'd just like to wish Sullivan one of the pages here a birthday he's having that on Saturday for those pages that may not be with us next week thank you so much for your service and one of our members MPP Barber is also having a birthday today Attorney General on a point of order Mr. Speaker I'd just like to welcome my children to the house for the first time and let they get the opportunity to see what all that door knocking meant to them the minister of children community and social services on a point of order a quick point of order one to correct my record the individual that illegally illegally crossed the border was detained in Quebec thank you thank you we now have a deferred vote on the amendment to the amendment to government notice of motion number four by Mr. a member for we've deferred vote on the amendment to the amendment to government notice of motion number four relating to allocation of time on bill 5 an act to amend the city of Toronto act 2006 the municipal act 2001 and the municipal elections act 1996 call in the members this is a five minute bell please take their seats earlier today Mr. that the amendment to government notice of motion be amended by deleting that except in the case of a recorded division arising from morning orders of the day pursuant to standing order 9C no deferral of the second reading or third reading vote shall be permitted and replace it with the votes on second and third reading may be deferred pursuant to standing order 28H and all those in favor of Mr. van toff's motion will please rise one at a time and be recognized by the clerk Mr. van toff Mr. van toff Mr. van toff Mr. van toff Mr. van toff Mr. van toff Mr. van toff Mr. van toff Mr. van toff Mr. van toff Mr. van toff Mr. van toff Mr. van toff Mr. van toff Mr. van toff Mr. van toff Mr. van toff Mr. van toff Mr. van toff Mr. van toff Mr. van toff Mr. van toff Mr. Mr. Smith, Bad, 20. Mr. Walker. Ms. Thompson. Mr. Bethlenfall. Mr. Fideli. Mr. Ford. Ms. Elliott. Ms. Wilson. Ms. Malruni. Ms. McLeod. Mr. Clark. Ms. Hiakobuski. Mr. Hardiman. Mr. Harterman. Mr. Tobola. Mr. Tabeti. Mr. Petipi. This is Mark Tau. Mr. Mictanell. Mr. Bailey. Mr. Mcknaught. Ms. Fullerton. This is Scott. This is Jones. Mr. Jones. Mr. Chos, Garborn North. Mr. Rickford. Mr. Richard. Mr. Bader. Mr. Sabao. Mr. Sabao. The ayes are 32, the nays are 70. The nays being 70, I declare the motion lost. Are the members ready to vote on the amendment to government notice of motion number 4? I heard some notes. I heard some notes. There being no more deferred votes, this House stands recessed until 1pm this afternoon.