 Now time for Member's Statements. Come on over here. Toronto St. Paul's. Good afternoon Mr. Speaker. Yesterday I had a late show encouraging the government to state clearly they did not support Faith Goldie. They refused. Instead the Ford government provided a canned speech denouncing hate with just enough of MPP King Wan's familial immigrant story to deflect from the topic at hand. Today we asked the Minister of Education and the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services to directly responsible for our most vulnerable of Ontarians to denounce Faith Goldie by name. They didn't. Very recently however our Premier has mentioned her name in a sentence. I personally say thank you. That is a good step. Now it's time for the government to go a step further and state that they do not support her using our Premier's name or likeliness in any of her campaign communications. My residents like Liba Spring, Jeff Farell and others are receiving Faith Robocalls which mention our Premier's names. Faith Goldie believes in bringing back Tavis, Carding, the school resource programs. We need our Minister of Education and our Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services to stop these sorts of actions before they even begin. It's bad enough that the Minister of Labor's Senior Policy Advisor is allegedly married to Faith Goldie's sister who is a key player on her political campaign. On behalf of the people in my writing, I say let's disassociate our Premier completely with Faith Goldie. Thank you. Member's statements. Member for Brampton South. Thank you Mr. Speaker. I would like to take this opportunity today to talk about a great event that happens every year in Ontario. Today at 8 a.m., the 18th Canadian Police and Peace Officers Memorial Ride began from the police college earlier this morning. Over the last 17 years, police and peace officers from around Ontario have participated in a 750 kilometre bike ride in honour of police and peace officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice. Under the leadership of members of the Niagara Regional Police and with the support of the Ontario Provincial Police, Peel Regional Police, Ottawa Police Service, Toronto Police Service, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Durham Regional Police, Hamilton Police Service, Kingston Police Service, Waterloo Regional Police and York Regional Police, the Canadian Police Memorial Ride to remember has grown to include 170 police and peace officers cyclists from 15 different law enforcement agencies. This ride is also important because it gives us a unique opportunity of community engagement with the public and enhances the legitimacy of policing with the public. Recently, the Attorney General also had a great opportunity to show her support for this at a recent barbecue held by the York Regional Police. Thanks to the generous support of Canadian Tire, Motorola Solutions and Bulk Barn Food and Limit, over 25,000 pounds will be donated to support Canadian Police Officers Memorial Fund. Thank you. Member Statements, the Member for Niagara Centre. Thank you, Speaker. I recently met with staff from the Hotel Due Shaver, a health and rehabilitation centre in my riding. Since 2007, they've been fighting for a planning grant to expand the facility with 65 additional beds. The Shaver works collaboratively with the Niagara Health System to optimize patient flow in order to alleviate pressure on the system, keeping patients out of long-term care. Rehabilitation services optimize a patient's ability to live independently at home and reduce their length of stays in our hospitals. Mr. Speaker, my father was a victim of hallway medicine. After suffering from a stroke, he was transferred to the wrong hospital and experienced inadequate care. His condition only began to improve once he was admitted to the Shaver. My father's case is not an outlier. This is the experience of countless people across Niagara. The Shaver is the only rehab hospital in the region, despite having the third largest aging population in Canada, and we must be prepared to meet their needs. The Shaver was successful when the province announced a $500,000 planning grant this past May. They've been in the dark on the status of this grant since the new government took office and need to know whether or not they can expect the money so that they can begin planning for years to come. Mr. Speaker, expanding investment into rehabilitation centers like the Shaver provides a multifaceted policy solution that fits into the government's stated goals and objectives. I would urge the government to review this file and complete the final steps in ensuring health care and patient needs are prioritized in Niagara by the following through and providing this much-needed grant. Thank you. Thank you very much. Member Statements. Member for Chatham Kent Leamington. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I'm pleased to rise in the House today to commend all the members in the legislature that took the time to attend the 2018 International Plowing Match in Pancor. The IPM is the largest outdoor event of its kind in North America. Hundreds of acres of fertile farmers' fields are transformed into a tented city with temporary streets, entertainment stages, a rodeo, the competitive plowing fields and many other features. It was also great to see so many farmers, organizations and volunteers participating from my riding of Chatham Kent Leamington. This event would not have been possible without the time and commitment of all those involved in making the 2018 International Plowing Match the success that it was. The competition for the Ontario Queen of the Furrow is one of the key events of the IPM every year. On behalf of our government caucus, I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate the 2018-2019 Ontario Queen of the Furrow, Derrick Adnata from Tavistock, Ontario. I know our Minister of Agricultural Food and Rural Affairs, the Honourable Ernie Hardiman, is proud to have the Queen of the Furrow from Tavistock in Oxford County. We are confident that she will represent Oxford and Ontario well. Also, thank you to Kaylee Donaldson from Walton, Ontario for serving as the 2017-18 Queen of the Furrow, having represented the Halton region. Each year, contestants participate in many activities and events that ultimately decide the winner. Judging has previously been based on their performance in areas such as plowing, ability, appearance and deportment, an interview, a speech, an impromptu speech. And I know, Speaker, there's many more things that I could say, but we are looking forward to seeing Derrick Adnata at rural event expos and banquets across the province and throughout this year. Thank you. Member Statements, the Member for Waterloo. Thank you very much. Last Thursday afternoon, students at Waterloo Collegiate Institute walked out of class to protest the PC Government's cancellation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Curriculum Writing Sessions. And their move to revert back to the 1998 Health and Physical Education Curriculum. Protest is an important part of the democratic process. And I was proud to see youth in my region standing in solidarity with the estimated 40,000 students who spoke out against the Government actions they disagree with. Students from WCI made their own signs that said, you are hurting our futures. Move forwards, not backwards. And we, the students, do not consent. Students also signed petitions calling on the Government to keep the 2015 K-8 curriculum in place. And I met, I had the opportunity to meet the organisers, Garima, Teddy and Marai, the day after the protest. One of the organisers told me that they suffered while being taught a curriculum that didn't include content on mental health, consent and LGBTQ plus issues. Because she wasn't taught this, she didn't know that what she was experiencing was so common. They told me that they are advocating for the students of the future. They want better for them. They were eloquent, intelligent and thoughtful. Young people who care about equity, education and progress. These students are showing us the way forward. And it's clear that with young people like them, our province's future is bright and inclusive. What this Government needs to understand is that you are wrong and the students are right. Member Statements. The Member for Sault Ste. Marie. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Good, reliable medical care should be accessible to everyone. It's not something that should only be available to people within driving distances of the GTA or the auto area. Many residents in my hometown of Sault Ste. Marie and across Northern Ontario often have to travel great distances in order to get access to the care they need. And a lot of the time doing so at their own expense. I'm very happy to report today, Mr. Speaker, that Sault Area Hospital has received a combined $4.5 million in local donations alone over the past few weeks to help fund an expansion of our cardiac care unit. And this will allow suites and those in surrounding areas to get access to the care they need without having to travel great lengths in order to receive it. I really want to recognize Dale Harrison and Dale Harrison is a person who was born and raised in Sault Ste. Marie but left the Sault to do great things in personal business career. And although does not live in the city donated $3 million to the Sault Area Hospital for this. The Dr. Lou and May Lucenda Charitable Foundation and Dr. Lou was such a historic figure and did so much in Sault Ste. Marie donated $1 million. And our local board staff, the volunteers of Sault Area Hospital Foundation have donated another $500,000 in order to make this a reality. I want to thank these individuals and their groups for all the work they have done to help bring quality access to healthcare to Sault Ste. Marie. Thank you. Thank you. Member Statements, the member for Nicobelt. Thank you, Speaker. We all know that if something goes wrong, you have an accident, you come upon somebody who is sick or hurt or your house is on fire. What do you do? You dial 911 and then 911 answers and say fire, police or ambulance and they dispatch whatever is needed. But this speaker, although we teach all of our kids in the school that if you need help you dial 911, this is not true for most of the people I represent. For us, if you want the police, you dial 888-310-1122. If you want an ambulance, you dial 877-351-2345. Unless you live south of the watershed, then you dial 705-673-1117. If you want fire, you dial 705-235-1306. The programs are there. The ambulance will come. The police will come, but not through 911. It is time to change this. Everybody expect that if you dial 911 you're not going to get this number is not in service. But if you come in my writing, this is what you will get. We had tons of tourists. We had a beautiful summer in Nicol Belt and most of the northeast tons of tourists. Many of them discovered that in their horror. I had Stan and Helena Snyder. Stan had a heart attack on July 5th. He dialed 911 just to be told that 911 was not in service. This has to change. Everybody needs access to 911 services. No matter where you are in Ontario. Member for Mississauga East Cooksville. Thank you Mr. Speaker. My statement is in regards to how our constituent office and our institutions can collaborate with each other to provide a better service to our residents. Mississauga East Cooksville is a very mature and established community where many seniors live. Home care services are provided to support independent living and is a fiscally responsible way in delivering healthcare services. Mr. Speaker, a constituent of mine, Bietta, she is a full-time working daughter that has an elderly father living at home. Her father is mentally alert but physically incapable of reaching the washroom in times. He is receiving home care three times a day but the standard of care was not up to the mark. So, Bietta, one day she reached out to my office and being one of the lucky ones having a very flexible boss who allows her to go home and fill in the gaps in her father's care. But there is so much, Mr. Speaker, a person can do. She is a working full-time, taking care of her father full-time after work and doing the work the home care providers were supposed to do. Becoming desperate, she started knocking on doors. Nothing was being done until she came to my office. We were able to facilitate a meeting with Lynn addressing the key issues head on. What resulted, Mr. Speaker, the Lynn changed the healthcare provider. Bietta is now extremely happy and this again, once again, I just want to show that how the constituent office and these institutions can collaborate and provide better services to our residents. Thank you. Member statements? The Member for Cambridge. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I do have a friend of mine, a friend of my husband as well. He's also my campaign chair. Ronald Ludley Dancy, also known as Ron, passed away on August 31st at the Grand River Hospital with his wife Carolyn and daughter Janet at his side after a lengthy battle with myelodysplastic syndrome. Ron was born September 25th in 1936 in Toronto and raised in Pickering Beach, Ontario. His early career was in the automotive field. He was a licensed mechanic and for so many years he owned and operated Dancy Calder Motors Limited and Canco Collision Centres in Toronto and Markham. He also owned and operated a local newspaper, the Markham Union Ville Times. He served as a ward councillor, regional councillor and deputy mayor of Markham, Ontario from 1978 to 1985. He moved to Cambridge in 1985 where he owned and operated Morrison's Meat Packers. He retired in 2001. Ron Dancy was a long-standing member of the Federal CPC and Provincial PC Party. He was a current VP of both the Federal and Provincial Writing Associations. He served as president of the Federal Cambridge CPC EDA multiple times and also provincially as well. As mentioned, he was my campaign chair and Gary Goodyear's campaign manager in the last federal election. He was the backbone of Cambridge Conservative politics. His involvement goes back to helping to plan the original meeting between the PC Party of Canada and the Alliance that occurred in Cambridge to discuss merging. Ron, you will be missed. May you rest in peace. Thank you very much. That concludes our time for Member Statements.