 It's now time for the members from the Halliburton Corp. Thank you Mr. Speaker. As you know this year we are proud to be celebrating the 100th anniversary of women having gained the right to vote in Ontario. This is a momentous milestone in the history of democracy in our province. The voices and votes of women have helped build this province and I am pleased to continue celebrating this important milestone. Many may not know that the Progressive Conservative Caucus has a long history of milestones when it comes to advancing women's rights in Ontario. It was Premier William Hearst's Progressive Conservative Government that granted women the right to vote in 1917. The province's first woman Cabinet Minister Margaret Birch and the first woman Federal Cabinet Minister Ellen Fairclough from Hamilton were Progressive Conservatives. My colleagues and I are proud to continue this vital legacy and we commit ourselves to helping Ontario women succeed. This evening as part of the 100th anniversary celebrations I am honoured to be hosting a reception to recognise our province's amazing women past and present representing a wide variety of backgrounds. I encourage all of us here in the legislature to take the opportunity of this milestone to celebrate the achievements of Ontario women and to work together to foster even greater success in the future. Thank you Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we have the honour today of having many guests come in from Northern Ontario mayors, chiefs, union leaders and others in order to talk about the good job that Northern Ontario has done and our forest industry has done when it comes to managing our forest. We all have heard of the Legislation of Endangered Species Act. Well Northern Ontario was there way before there was ever an act under the Crown Forest Sustainability Act that was put in place in 1992-93. Forest companies are by way of forest management plans having to manage species at risk and other factors when it comes to figuring out how you're going to approach the allowable cut and the sustainable cut in the forest. We are world leaders Mr. Speaker when it comes to how we manage our forest and how we approach the sustainability of those forests and how we balance off the interest of all of the various stakeholders. That's why we have supported and others have supported and I believe the government supports as well the idea that under the Endangered Species Act that in fact the Crown Forest Sustainability Act be the vehicle by which we manage those particular issues. I am proud to be an Ortherner. I am proud to be a member of the government that passed Crown Forest Sustainability Act and put in place the gold standard when it comes to forest management in this province. We were environmentalist before people started talking about it and I think we all understood in the legislature all of us who worked on that that this would be groundbreaking and it would bring us well into the next century so that we can do the right things when it comes to all stakeholders on the forest, the animals, the people, the ecosystem and to do what's right for our province. Thank you. Further member Stevens, member from Kingston and the islands. Thank you Mr. Speaker. This year my riding of Kingston and the islands celebrated its 14th annual Nighttime Santa Claus Parade and it was absolutely the best one yet. The floats were outstanding and showcased some of Kingston's amazing community partners, non-profits, multicultural groups, local radio and TV stations and businesses. And as the streets filled with some of our favorite holiday songs and I won't sing for you don't worry and cheer sorry it was also a great time to visit local business vendors and indulge in a delicious hot cup of chocolate. This year my office partnered with the City of Kingston, Easter Seals Ontario, Southeastern Ontario and Rotary Rotary Clubs of Kingston to create three dedicated accessible spaces or comfort zones for families and those with disabilities as well as ASL signers. This initiative was taken on by Kelly Wiley in my office and I want to thank you Kelly for all of your work. You were absolutely awesome. It ensured that the parade was safe, accessible and enjoyable for all. I'm so proud to report as well that we raised $3,000 for Kingston Food Bank and almost 3,000 pounds of non-perishable food items. I would also like to thank the City of Kingston sponsors, organizers for their exceptional parade this year. Thank you as well to the Frontenac Paramedics. I was especially proud of the four-year-old driver of their mini ambulance who happened to be my grandson. Merci. Thank you. The member of statements, the member from Nipissing. Thank you Speaker. The City of North Bay has taken a very definitive stand on the recommendations of this government's expert panel on public health especially as they relate to integration of public health units and local health integration networks. A recent resolution passed by City Council notes quote there was a lack of consultation with northern municipalities or consideration of the diverse needs of northerners. It further notes quote regionalization of public health units with centralized decision-making will have significant negative consequences for local public health and municipalities. As well it points out the current cost-shared provincial municipal funding formula of 75 and 25 percent will not support the implementation of the proposed recommendations. They've resolved that quote North Bay City Council does not support the recommendations of the expert panel and is in agreement with the Association of Municipalities of Ontario urging the Minister of Health not to adopt them. Speaker health units need to integrate more with health care agencies no question but this is not the route to take. This is another example of this government not putting patients first especially in northern and rural Ontario. Thank you. Thank you Speaker. I tend to be a very patient person but when it comes to offloading device for diabetic people with ulcer on their foot I can't take this anymore. The you know Speaker every four hours in our province somebody has a leg or a foot amputated that is 2,000 people every single year in Ontario has a foot amputated because in an ulcer that won't heal yet we have a body of evidence that shows us that if we were to fund offloading devices most of those amputations would be prevented. Most of those people would heal and be able to walk on their two legs like you and I. The Diabetes Association of Canada put that body of evidence to the Minister of Health in 2015. The Minister of Health received it and said we need to do our own research what they did through Health Quality Ontario. Health Quality Ontario handed their report to the Ministry of Health in 2016 and here we are in November 2017 and Ontario has done nothing. I can't take this anymore Speaker something has to be done. I want this Minister to listen to the body of evidence and do the right thing and fund offloading device like Diabetes Canada tells them to do like Health Quality Ontario has told them to do and if they don't do this soon there will be hundreds of amputees on the front lawn of Queen's Park showing this government what inaction looks like. Thank you for the members see this a member from Barrie. Thank you Speaker this April Hospice Simcoe in my riding of Barrie added a new staff member to their team a golden Labrador named Daisy. She is a three-year-old certified cope trained service dog who spent the first two years of her life training for the day she would begin her career as a full-time facility dog. Daisy is the first full-time service facility dog to work at a hospice in Ontario. Service dogs can reduce anxiety provide comfort and are wonderful listeners Daisy plays a special role for our youngest residents and visitors as an extraordinary companion for them their siblings and other family members one widow of a resident sent a letter to the hospice thanking Daisy for helping to calm her down the morning that her husband died she wrote Daisy came straight over to me and put her head in my lap and then lay on my feet what a wonderful feeling of comfort she gave me my family were all there but that beautiful dog knew how I was feeling and ignored everyone else there the adoption fees for Daisy were provided by the Tonglin Foundation and her veterinary care is donated by Dr Patricia Lekton she spends her time with residents and their visitors is a companion to those attending grief and support sessions and is a valued support for the staff and the volunteers welcome Daisy thank you to the members from Chatham Kent thank you very much speaker water wells first is an organization of concerned rural people whose wells are being contaminated by pile driving of industrial and turbines in north Chatham Kent they've been fighting a water contamination issue for over a year of note this problem did not exist before the installation of industrial turbines in Dover and Chatham townships the bedrock is made of kettle point black shale known known to contain uranium copper lead and arsenic just to name a few pile driving vibrations break up this toxic shale below the ground water and contaminates it area residents can't drink bather wash their clothes because of this local wells are being poisoned as the government continues to allow pile driving last count 14 wells have been contaminated my colleague from Lampton Kent Middle sex and I have visited farms spoken with affected residents where their water is bad and we've seen the effects firsthand what must be tested is the black particulates found in the water therefore in accordance with the Ontario health prevention and promotion act I'm demanding that the ministry of health conduct a health hazard investigation stop the erection of turbines in north Kent pattern energy project and stop the construction of turbines in the Otter Creek area where height variances will be 200 feet higher than current turbines putting endangered species at risk if the government continues to allow the erection of these massive turbines then it's clear to me that they are only interested in the money generation and protecting their failed green energy act I say protect the people and future generations protect their property mostly protect our pure clean underground source of water thank you further member statements the member from Eglinton lords thank you mr speaker first of all I'd like to welcome a former member from I think down's you right uh Eduardo de santo is here Eduardo these are part of a citizens group fighting the demolition of the heart and soul the Italian community columbus center Pietro Culliery, Joseph Balieri, Elio Costa and Victor Francescudi and also a renowned constitutional lawyer Paul Cavaluzzo was here today they were here basically telling the minister of education that they don't want 32 million dollars of taxpayers money used by the catholic school board to team up with a developer to destroy the columbus center that's what they said very clearly the catholic school board has 16 acres to build a new Dante high school a new Regina Monday elementary school build it on those 16 acres don't build it by demolishing the columbus center and you destroy our art gallery you destroy our library you destroy our architecturally significant rotunda so they're telling the minister of education who I know is here listening is that don't let the catholic school board demolish and destroy the heart and soul of the Italian community the columbus center let the catholic school board release the documents the secret agreement that they signed with the developers to demolish the columbus center release the documents make them public that's what they're saying thank you state of members statements member from here on bruce thank you very much speaker this year i'd like to recognize a number of people from the rotting of here in bruce for excellence in something that they absolutely love november 3rd to 12th this year with the 95th royal agricultural winter fair it is always an event of the year when the country comes to the city something where those in agriculture come together and celebrate the very best of the best over 20 000 visitors and 6 000 animals walk through the royal doors cattle sheep goats pigs rabbits and horses alike plus crops vegetables food and chefs many attractions over and above that make the royal what it is truly known as a royal experience there are many strong competitors that come from the rotting of here in bruce and traditional names tend to be mcconnell mackentire gilcrest big furson and there's a common theme in amongst all those families but i'd like to recognize the fact that we have new peoples cropping up and and getting to the royal and having the opportunity to stretch their legs and some of those people are alex and troi coltas and ashley higgins of brussels and you know i'd even like to give a shout out to the loyal line limousine of godridge who took first place with their junior limousine but what i find most interesting is the royal is a celebration of agriculture and agri-food products and this year we had chefs going from edicton addictons of exeter and part two bistro and blithe they did incredibly well in their respective competitions and cal bell beer actually stood tall in their respective divisions as well thank you very much just thank all members for their statements and just before i move to reports by committees uh this speaker has started a tradition of always introducing former members and it was leapfrogged so i want to introduce ordondo sitanto from downs view in the 30th 31st and 32nd parliament thank you very much for joining us for our members uh i i also would i would also recognize thanks mike i would also like to recognize the member from prince everdastings on a point of order thank you point of order mr speaker i'd like to welcome some special guests that have come all the way from nappany here this afternoon uh dav and gwen mills of nappany and i'll be introducing legislation in honor of their late son garret and a few moments thank you welcome i'm glad you're with us and therefore it's now time for reports by committees the member from lambton kent middle six thank you mr speak