 It is now time for question period the leader of her master's lawyer opposition We're just saying one big happy time. Mr. Speaker my question is for the premier Premier after the budget bill was rammed through committee and after it passed yesterday It gave me a chance to to reflect It gave me a chance to reflect on its effect on the average Ontario Over and over again. I thought about what it will cost them PM here with the payroll pension tax The aviation tax the beer tax the new income tax rate and the skyrocketing hydro rates all included in the budget Will you tell Ontarians how much the budget will cost? What the what the member opposite could have been reflecting on is the investments that will be made Because of the budget bill that we that has been passed mr. Speaker $31 billion for moving Ontario forward projects mr. Speaker transportation infrastructure across this province mr. Speaker a plan for $130 billion investment over 10 years and that's roads and bridges and transit in all parts of this province Mr. Speaker that will allow communities to thrive he might have he might have reflected on the $20 million for Three years for the experience Ontario program mr. Speaker that's going to help graduating high school students to better identify their future goals by having a work Experience opportunity mr. Speaker. He might have thought thought about the $250 million over the next two years for a renewed Ontario job strategy that has already seen Tens of thousands of young people in place instead of letting jobs you might have thought about those things mr. Speaker In your mr. Speaker it's more than the cost that we know now It's the hidden cost to 10,000 Ontarians Reached out to the ombudsman seeking help for hydro billing errors The auditor general made it public the government wasted some $2 billion in smart meetings and the government's response independent oversight at hydro one has ended Hydro one rated the bank accounts of Ontarians and these mistakes cost Ontarians $83 million all of which was made public because of independent oversight Premier can you explain the cost of secrecy and losing oversight at hydro one? Well, mr. Speaker to to just follow up on the theme of the the budget the member opposite might have thought about the Rate increases of 1% for social assistance recipients mr. Speaker He might have he might have thought about the the modernized student assistance program That's going to index a the maximum aid to inflation mr. Speaker in Ontario will be the first province To do that and that will help our post-secondary students mr. Speaker He might have thought about the $40 million that we're putting into technology in classrooms mr. Speaker for Students in kindergarten through grade 12 mr. Speaker that that that that those are all aspects of the budget the member opposite knows that the Oversight of hydro one will be analogous to the oversight of other publicly held companies mr. Speaker He knows that that's the case. He knows that there are mechanisms in place He knows there will be a special ombudsman for the for hydro one mr. Speaker. He knows that those oversights already exist Again to the premier mr. Speaker for the more the cost doesn't stop with the hydro one fiasco Despite some of Ontario's largest employers outlining the cost it will have to Ontario businesses and jobs The Ontario retirement pension plan was rammed through with the budget bill Larger small the majority of businesses will be negatively impacted by the or pp We asked the government to walk away hit pause and rethink this job-killing plan, but to no avail Premier how many jobs will the or pp cost Ontario when businesses fire employees rather than pay the new payroll Let me let me ask the the member opposite How what the cost would be to allow a generation or two generations of People young people now to age and retire and not have adequate retirement security To think beyond the next three years the next four years He knows People across the country know the federal government even knows mr. Speaker that people in their 20s and 30s and 40s Cannot put enough aside in order to assure a secure retirement They know that mr. Speaker, so if we all know that is it not our responsibility to do something about that The cost of not doing anything mr. Speaker means that we have seniors retiring into Minister this morning we learned that a so-called smart meter caught fire and exploded in calling wood For months you've been assuring the public that the smart meters in Ontario We're not like the ones in Saskatchewan that ours wouldn't catch fire Not only a few thousand would have to be replaced as a preventative measure in Sarnia Lampton Well, like so many things you've said on the energy file your talking points like your smart meters have flamed out Minister if a smart meter in calling wood could catch fire and explode despite your assurances How do we know there are not tens of thousands more just like it in the province? Waiting to go up Mr.. Speaker yes There was a fire in one of our 4.8 million and smart meters In the last several days mr. Speaker the ESA the Electoral Safety Authority is Investigating that there is no indication yet mr. Speaker whether it was the meter or the installation or any other cause we are waiting the results of that investigation mr. Speaker and When we have the results of that investigation mr. Speaker, we'll be able to respond Well meter or installation whatever the problem is I don't think that's much of an insurance Minister We know you refuse to admit that your smart meter tax machine program has been a disaster from the start Partly due to your abysmal administration of the rollout Since the auditor general report last December the public understands that your smart meter fiasco will cost energy consumers Double what you claim did well? Smart meters haven't cut consumption at peaks times and often they don't even relay their information back to the central data center Yeah, now we learned that these devices may burn without warning and burn a ratepayers house down Minister there are over a million of these so-called meters in Ontario because of you What is your plan of action today and how much more will this add to your two billion dollars smart meter boom? Mr. Speaker the members should know that there are 4.8 million not a million smart meters in the province of Ontario mr. Speaker The reality is mr. Speaker If you listen to the Environment Commissioner of Ontario mr. Speaker the Environment Commission of Ontario says of smart meters They are necessary absolutely necessary for the proper functioning and future functioning of the distribution system for electricity Smart grid technologies have the potential to improve reliability Reduce system costs and power customers and lower the environmental impact of the electricity We use mr. Speaker there are many other endorse agents and mr. Speaker if you talk to the LDCs the electricity utilities including the one that serves his community They will say smart meters are a smart thing to do Thank you Well, it's great that the minister is smart enough to count them. Maybe it could figure out how to make them work Minister this is price precisely the sort of scandal that the auditor general needs to investigate But because of your shameful budget passing she no longer has the ability to do so Every person who owns a smart meter is now worried theirs could catch on fire Families do not trust your government to provide them with a peace of mind when they need on this that they need on this This incident proves today that your government simply can't be trusted on the issue Minister will you commit to allowing the auditor general and the ombudsman to continue to have oversight on Hydro one Even though you took it away with the passing of the budget Minister Mr. Speaker the member knows that we have retained Former auditor general of Canada Denny does this hotel to oversee the implementation of an ombudsman on Hydro one Mr. Speaker his mandate is to ensure that the ombudsman will be transparent And accountable mr. Speaker that is moving forward mr. Speaker Hydro one as a TSX company a trans stock trading company mr. Speaker will have tremendous oversight the Securities Act Mr. Speaker provides oversight accountability on its statements for every nature of the operations of a public company mr. Speaker They will be accountable mr. Speaker. We are in the process of restructuring the board of Hydro one We're also in the process the chair of Hydro one now mr. Speaker of selecting a CEO for Hydro one moving forward It's the right thing to do mr. Speaker. Thank you new question the leader of the third party to the premier speaker The premier is pushing ahead with their scheme to sell Hydro one. My question is what's next those investments in infrastructure That are being driven by the fact that we've found mr. Speaker. I understand that this is a difficult decision I understand when we said that we were going to review our assets that that was a difficult thing to do mr. Speaker But it is motivated by our understanding our knowledge that if we do not invest in the roads and the bridges and the Transit that is needed in this province mr. Speaker, then we will rob the future generations of economic prosperity That is necessary. It's as simple as that mr. Speaker. We know we can thrive We know that we can compete, but we can't do that without making these investments, and that's why we're making Yesterday the minister of finance was asked what's the next thing on the auction block going to be? He said right now there is no determination I know the premier says that she's been clear about her plan to sell off assets Will the premier make clear then exactly what the minister of finance was referring to yesterday? What is the next asset that's up for sale? I'll let the minister of finance Speak to the details in the supplementary, but mr. Speaker What we are doing right now is we are working on making the investments and the roads and the bridges and the transit infrastructure That we know is necessary mr. Speaker the leader of the third party when she talks about assets She has no solution for the investments in infrastructure, mr. Speaker She wants to talk in isolation about a particular ideological position It is underpinned by a total lack of confidence in anything that the private sector does Which I think mr. Speaker is an interesting position for a Responsible politician to take the fact is the government has to work with the private sector It is absolutely essential that we work with all sectors in in the community with labor with the private sector To make sure we get public policy right. This is public policy that is going to build assets for the people of Ontario for this generation Thank you Thank you The premier says she was clear in her budget and in her platform about her plan for asset sales Then she denied she was selling assets Now she's denying that she ever even made that denial And she won't say whether there are more sell-offs in the works Speaker it's getting pretty ridiculous Why doesn't this premier stand in her place? This time actually be up front with the people of Ontario take this opportunity to be up front with the people of Ontario and tell them Exactly what is next on the auction block Thank you Thank you, mr. Speaker. Well, it was very clear on page 73 in terms of what it is that we are doing And I did respond and I did actually follow up and determine what some of those properties would be And I listed them in the budget. We talked about Seaton and Lakeview lands. We talked about ok g's head office We talked about a number of Finish, please And mr. Speaker we talked about a number of properties that were Unproductive that we wanted to ensure that we maximize by reinvesting them into infrastructure into public transit Into things that will generate greater returns to the people of Ontario clear laid out read it if you wish But we're taking care of business and we'll Do a question The leader of the third party speaker. I advise you to lock up the mace That might be next My next question is for the the premier speaker The premier kept ontarians in the dark about her scheme to sell off hydro one Please ask Kept ontarians in the dark about her scheme to sell off hydro one She kept her ministers in the dark about her scheme to sell off hydro one And she kept her backbenchers in the dark about her scheme to sell off hydro one You know what speaker this afternoon This house is going to vote on whether or not to actually listen to ontarians Will this premier allow her mpp backbenchers a free vote on whether or not they should be listening to the people in their Ridings and hold a referendum on the sell-off of hydro one Thank you very much mr. Speaker So let me just let me just say to the leader of the third party once again And I will go through the go through the statements that we made April 11th, 2014 The Ontario government has appointed a council to recommend ways to improve the efficiency and optimize the full value of hydro one Unquote 2014 in our budget and I quote we will look at maximizing and unlocking value from The two-way conversation that's going on is not helpful and finger pointing doesn't help doesn't change my mind at all Here we are including real estate holdings as well as crown corporations such as opg hydro one in the lcbo Page 257 of our budget 2014 exploring options to unlock the full value of a wide range of valuable provincial assets specifically the lcbo hydro one and the opg The member from hamilton mountain come to order Why is this premier More interested in hearing from a very small group of her friends Her very powerful friends than she is from the people of ontario from ontario In a referendum on the sell-off of hydro one Mr. Speaker I went through the the quotes of What we said we were going to do they were very clear mr. Speaker There was an election on june the 12th 2014 mr. Speaker That election Was based on the statements that had been made by the various parties Our statements were very clear about the fact that we were looking at unlocking the value of our assets mr. Speaker It we hadn't been explicit about exactly what that was going to mean mr. Speaker, but we were clear enough We were clear enough that the leader of the third finish, please mr. Speaker We were clear enough that even the leader of the third party could understand and she said The budget and asking the house to come to order is one of the premier finish, please You have one wrap-up sentence to say mr. Speaker that was the budget that we campaigned on We had the election mr. Speaker and we are moving ahead to implement that plan Well, I can tell you speaker that leader of the third party knows exactly what the liberals are up to Which is why we didn't support their budget in the first place speaker because we the people of ontario That's what we saw in that budget draw one speaker They deserve a say on the premier's plan to sell off hydro one and in fact the back benchers actually deserve an ability to cast a free vote The member from trinity spadina i'm going to ask the uh The leader to withdraw Oh, what I'll withdraw speaker Ask you to finish putting your question Speaker the bottom line is the liberals pulled a real sneaky fast one on the people of ontario and what we want to see That's not acceptable. Please withdraw. I withdraw speaker Please finish people of this province whether the liberals like it or not own hydro one It is their right to decide Peter, please Thank you Sure finds mr. Speaker We're on the cusp of royal assent of budget 2015 building ontario up It is one of the most progressive budgets to date Investing critical investments for the future generations of our province while enhancing and preserving quality of life of people all across our all across ontario And mr. Speaker, we're also taking very prudent and fiscal plan to balance while still doing But it's possible because of the vision and the integrity of the premier of this province New question member from simple north I'll try to tone it down a bit here mr. Speaker. Okay, so my question today is to the minister of education Minister, uh, no doubt you are happy to see uh this session come to an end It ends with our education system in complete turmoil We know that almost non-stop bargaining and negotiation will have to have to take place to To occur to avoid turmoil on september the 8th So i've heard you say that a lot of bargaining can take place in three months And we have 96 days left until the new school year minister So can you outline to the house your plans as minister to avoid turmoil on september the 8th? thank you minister of education That's very simple We will be at the bargaining table. We will be negotiating. We will be working with the unions. We will be working with the school boards and That's the plan is we will be at the we will be are quite willing to spend the summer negotiating and Only through negotiations will we actually make be able to arrive at a collective agreement You know when we introduced bill 122 And uh past bill 122 we understood that we need everybody We understood that we need the government as the funder We understood that we need to restore collective bargaining to the unions We understood that the school boards have a role because they're the employers and that all three Of those parties supplementary Well minister, uh, I must say, uh, I've enjoyed being your critic this past session or two Since and since july of last year since july of last year I've actually gained a lot of new friends in the in as education stakeholders But but like you Like you I have a passion a passion interest in the education and training of the two million students here in interior The minister we have no agreements in place with none of the educators of the 72 of the 72 boards in interior as of now And it started last fall So minister my question is this As your critic your friend and your colleague here in the legislature Will your office? Will your office send me a daily update on the process On the process of bargaining the bargaining is taking close throughout the summer months So that I could pass it on to my leader patrick brown and the rest of our pc To the legislation A clause that said update your critic daily on what's happening at the bargaining table In fact, I think I've said repeatedly That the only way and this is serious the only way we're actually going to get agreements is if we bargain at the Bargaining table bargaining through the critics bargaining through the legislature Bargaining through the media Windsor west condor The only place that bargaining works is at the bargaining cable and that is where we intend to be Thank you New question We're from troddenford Thank you speaker Speaker ever since the premier blindsided ontarians with her plan to sell off hydro one and the question is to you premier The premier has claimed that the ontario energy board would protect Ontarians from a privatized hydro one and its desire for much higher rates Then we learned she's stacking the oeb with energy industry insiders Then we learned she's trying to get rid of consumer interveners at the oeb hearings And the other day her government tabled a bill that would allow the government to bypass the oeb All together whenever it wants to push through costly and risky mega projects that consumers will pay for Why is the premier weakening consumer protections at the ontario energy board? Mr. Speaker that accusation is so sweeping so incorrect mr. Speaker it's very very difficult to answer I'll answer that mr. Speaker by saying that number one He already knows that the ontario energy board has been reducing and cutting back requests for increases in rates mr. Speaker He already knows that we've introduced legislation mr. Speaker that gives yes gives us the authority to initiate transmission projects Which he calls a project that that we should not have the authority to do We've had people say that we're going to lose authority Over the system mr. Speaker because of hydro one now He's going he's telling us that we ought not to have the power mr. Speaker to initiate transmission projects mr. Speaker He's all over the map. He's inconsistent and he's repeated again for the third time The conflict of interest issue at at ontario energy board and he's dead wrong mr. Speaker Thank you supplementary I can't see why having an evidence-based process for making a decision is a problem Nonetheless, that's the way the government sees it Under the current law the ontario energy board must weigh the cost and benefits of a transmission project to see if it's in the public interest But the government's new bill would bypass this open review process Allowing the government to ram through mega projects based on politics not on evidence Why does the premier need Yet another way to put her own political interests ahead of the interests of consumers and ontario families Thank you Minister the proposed enhancements would provide cabinet for malibu mountain second time improvements, mr. Speaker Would provide cabinet with the clear authority to identify Transmission projects and eliminate the requirement eliminate the requirement for the oeb to spend further time on basic principle of need All other elements of the oeb's existing approval processes Including reviewing costs of prudency and allocation would remain in place except as we have further expanded Their authority mr. Speaker in the legislation that we've introduced. Thank you New question the members from kitchener center. Thank you, mr. Speaker. My question is to the minister of agriculture food and rural affairs Minister the week of june the first to the seventh ontario is celebrating local food week Giving us the opportunity to thank our farmers for the safe high quality and tasty food that they produce By buying local food ontarians are not only having access to food. That's nutritious Delicious and environmentally friendly They're also supporting local farmers and the local economy and minister I want to tell you that i'm personally looking forward to the first crops being produced by Fertile ground in waterloo region. That is a farm share program to which my family belongs Mr. Speaker could the minister of agriculture food and rural affairs Please update the house on local food week. Thank you. Minister of agriculture and rural affairs Well, thanks very much, mr. Speaker And I want to thank the hardworking member from kitchener center for that wonderful question this morning And we do know the kitchen area the home of the famous market at almyra And mr. Speaker we're supporting our local food as part of our government's plan to grow the economy Create jobs and foster strong environment agriculture food sector So time ago, mr. Speaker We introduced the local food app which was a product of all parties in this legislature I always recognize the work that was done by the honorable gentleman from sardium as part of the local food week We were proud to announce that vg meats were received up to 948 thousand 25 dollars Through the local food fund to help bring Ontario beef to more than 25 long those grocery stores right across the one being In the wonderful riding of vaughan and mr. Speaker And today we're holding our eighth annual quince park Farmer's market on the front lawn after question period and we'll be releasing mr. Speaker our first ever local food report Detailing the progress we've made at our goals and targets established by the local food fund in the problem Thank you supplementary Thank you, mr. Speaker and thank you to the minister for his answer and minister I invite you to come to kitchener center to visit our famous farmers market soon Minister it is great to hear that the Ontario government is continuing to make these key investments in local food projects across Ontario We all know that farmers do feed cities and our government must continue to support farmers to build Ontario up Farmers work hard all year round to bring food to our tables and we know that Ontario consumers appreciate fresh local foods I know I do in 2013 the premier challenged the agri-food sector To double its annual growth rate to create 120,000 new jobs by the year 2020 Mr. Speaker could the minister please inform this house during local food week on the local food strategy To contribute to the premier's agri-food challenge. Thank you minister Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member from kitchener center for supplementary And I do take the opportunity to visit Farber's markets and right across the province of Ontario whether I've been in Elmira, Ontario or Coburg, Ontario or Collingwood, Ontario or Communities right across the province. There's no better experience. Mr. Speaker than to visit a farmers market Since the premier issued the the growth challenge to the our sector last year We have created 17,000 new jobs in the agri-food sector in Ontario Which has led to 1.1 billion dollars in new exports And this is all about making our investments in the agri-food sector And just last week I had the opportunity to be with my good friend the member from a halted Wellington to To announce our our great investment in the new allora dairy research station Something that will turn Ontario on the market internationally when it comes to the dairy sector This new a state-of-the-art facility will help develop new food The question the member from The member from carlton mississippi mills. Thank you, mr. Speaker My question is for the minister of health and long-term care Minister your management of our health care system is a failure You are cutting physiotherapy for seniors. You are cutting home care for people who want to be at home You are cutting funding to hospitals and nurses are being laid off And now you are cutting fees for services paid to doctors Our doctors are the foundation of our health care system They are not your employees. They are your partners your partners in health care You are not treating them with the respect that they are do you are not dealing with them responsibly You are not negotiating in good faith Minister will you talk to our doctors in the mutually respectful manner they deserve The integrity of our health care system is at stake. Thank you Well, mr. Speaker, it's partly because we are increasing our investments into community and home care It's partly because we are increasing our investments and hiring more nurses and making sure that we're investing in those aspects of health care That truly do support our seniors and other vulnerable in society That we've asked our doctors to help to work with us in this difficult Fiscal a challenging fiscal time to actually pause in terms of the remuneration and that's all we're talking about here Mr. Speaker, we're talking about the compensation that the government provides to our doctors and we've what we've done After a year of negotiations with the oma. We brought in an umpire. Mr. Speaker We brought in retired justice Warren winkler to actually bring the two parties together to try and reach an agreement At the end of the day, we were unable to do that judge winkler implored the oma to insert our offer They didn't but we were going ahead and implementing precisely what winkler had recommended. Thank you supplementary Minister there are 28 000 doctors in Ontario who treat 320 000 patients every day of the year Our population grows by 140 000 people every year And our aging high needs population is also growing rapidly every year The demand for medicare in ontario grows by 2.7 percent every year And yet government has committed to fund only at 1.25 percent or less than half of that growth Dr. Stephen gradinsky a Pediatrician in my riding tells me that two pediatricians are retiring in Ottawa And there are no new doctors to replace them You need more we need more doctors and your response responses to cut fees for services paid to doctors That is not going to work This is a major disincentive for doctors to practice in ontario Minister think of the 320 000 patients per day They need our doctors. Will you get back to the bargaining table and do what is right? Thank you Mr. Speaker the the fact is that we actually have More than 5 000 more physicians than existed in ontario when we took office and when we came into office in 2003 But mr. Speaker our doctors are precious to the health care system in this province I'm a family physician and a public health expert myself and a member of the omae mr. Speaker I had the privilege just two days ago of sitting down with dr. Michael toth Who's a family doctor from southwestern ontario the new president of the omae? We had a very positive and engaging discussion I know my ministry is actually sitting today again with the omae as part of the physician services committee To look at ways that we can move forward and come back to negotiations and discussions There are many many important issues that we depend on our doctors in ontario to help us work through They are important partners. They are a big part of the foundation of health care in this province I look forward to continue to strengthen that relationship and working with them mr. Speaker Thank you new question the member from Windsor west Thank you, speaker. My question is to the premier speaker the minister of education has finally admitted that class slice caps are on the table The minister has also acknowledged that the government is a party at the table But it's alarming that the minister stubbornly refuses day after day to commit to keeping current class size caps under any deal She signs Speaker there is frankly no excuse for not stepping up and protecting the small class sizes and one-on-one time that families expect The small class sizes are definitely our second time education means and our kids deserve nothing less If the liberal government refuses to step up and do their job for the families of this province They'll be forcing all of our students into even larger classes this september and forcing our kids to pay the price in overcrowded classrooms Speaker will the premier finally do the right thing? Will she do what her minister refuses to do? Will the premier guarantee that families and kids today right here right now the current class slice caps will be protected because That's the right thing to do for The minister of education is going to want to comment on the supplementary, but I just I really need to Remark that this is a party that Apparently is trying to find its way back to its voice and believes in collective bargaining mr. Speaker And I would just remind this party that part of that voice. They're trying to recapture Is ship with labor that means collective bargaining mr. Speaker and as the minister has said over and over and over again The only place we're going to find a deal Fresh please the only place we're going to get a deal is at the table So I would expect that of all the parties in this house The leader of the third party would support a collective bargaining process That's what we're engaged in and that's what we're going to let run its course mr. Speaker. Thank you Thank you speaker I'd like to remind the premier that some of these staff have been for nine months without a contract You should try coming to the table rather than legislating them back to work Is abysmal at best not only have the premier and government throwing our schools into chaos because of more than a decade of chronic underfunding The government serves zero respect for education workers their professionalism or their work environment They brag about frozen funding. They brag about putting 250 million dollars from education They refuse to admit the special education funding has been cut in many schools Including six million dollars in toronto alone with one hand They commit to community hubs and with the other they have closed or want to close more than 125 neighborhood schools And now after all that they want to go Question to jeopardize small class sizes and one on one time our children deserve Will the premier stop the chaos her government has caused to our children's education by committing to protecting small Classes today and getting it Yes, thank you, you know I'm really not going to take a lecture here from the party. That's only Education platform in the 2014 election was Let's take 600 million out of the spending on education on health care And whose position just last week Was let the teachers go back again 10 days after we end one strike because it was deemed to be unlawful They voted for the teachers to go back out on strike again instead of getting kids back in the classroom That's their record But what I would say is the same thing I said to my critic for the for the official opposition Is the number from Windsor west second time answer the critic for the third party Is not part of the negotiating process. I'm not negotiating A new question Remember from new market aurora Well, thank you, mr. Speaker. My question is to the minister of training colleges and universities minister It's imperative that students across Ontario have access to high quality post-secondary education That's why last year our government issued an open call for proposals for post-secondary institutions to expand capacity In underserved areas as part of ontario's major capacity expansion framework minister I understand that a panel evaluated 13 proposals based on a number of clearly outlined criteria including their ability to Ability to increase spaces in undeserved areas and offer a broad range of innovative high demand programs Many of my constituents in new market aurora were delighted to hear that the province Is supporting a new york university markham center campus in partnership with seneca college to the south of my writing Mr. Speaker, can you please inform the members of the house? How our government is making post-secondary education more accessible in york region through ontario's major capacity expansion framework Thank you. Thank you training college universities Thank you, mr. Speaker, and I want to thank the member from a new market aurora for that very timely question, mr. Speaker Mr. Speaker a couple of weeks ago I was pleased to be joined by several of my colleagues to announce our support for the first ever university campus in york region, mr. Speaker After an open and transparent selection process york university's proposal was most clearly aligned with the criteria set forward by the evaluation panel set up by my ministry Mr. Speaker the new campus will offer programs that incorporates experiential learning with an academic focus on business arts and social sciences The campus received great support from the city of markham from york region and also from the employers The campus will be closed to local transit options And and other facilities such as sports fields the ymc and that is markham panam and para panam center I want to congratulate york university and also I want to thank other institutions Thank you supplementary Well, thank you mr. Speaker and thank you to the minister for that answer It's reassuring to know that our government is committed to helping more students pursue post-secondary education by putting the right spaces in the right places minister For many municipalities having a post-secondary institution. It's important for economic and regional development at the same time It's absolutely necessary that our government ensures ontario taxpayer dollars are being invested in areas where post-secondary Education and training is most needed minister york region is just one ontario area that is experiencing Significant growth of college and university age students I understand that our government will be issuing a second call for proposals in spring of 2016 For another expansion project to serve local demand in peel and halton regions Minister, can you please inform the members of the house more about this second call for proposals in peel and halton regions? Thank you minister Thank you very much, mr. Speaker. I want to thank the member again for that question Mr. Speaker the member is absolutely right It's imperative that ontario's tax dollars are invested in areas where the demand for undergraduate education Will be strong and the gaps in access are expected That's why I was also pleased to announce that our government will be using will be issuing actually a second call for proposals in the fall of In the spring of 2016 for another campus to serve the local needs in peel and and halton regions Mr. Speaker currently the combined 18 to 24 year old population halton and the peel region is about 200 000 And despite this such a large university age population in these regions This these regions only have one university campus with 10 000 undergraduate full-time students Mr. Speaker our government will continue to make post-secondary education more accessible to our young people To make sure that our people will get the best education ever they can receive. Thank you. Thank you Your question remember from hollum and uncle To the minister of community safety and correctional services since november of last year native militants Have shut down construction of the provincial highway number three bridge at kyrga A 20 million dollar project just down the grand river from caledonia The hedonists any development institute in the six nations Men's fire activists have forced construction workers off the bridge Now we've been waiting over six months to replace a deteriorating 1924 steel truss bridge minister Patience is wearing thin When will your government restore peace order And construction workers on the kyrga bridge Well, thank you very much speaker and once again I will remind member that when it comes to matters of policing operations that is within The jurisdictions of the ontario provincial police speaker a very highly regarded professional organization That does excellent work across the province speaker. I think it will be highly inappropriate For any member of this house, especially the member of a member of a government to be speaking about Police operations and decisions that they make. I think as speaker We support the work that our ontario provincial police Does especially the work they do in in in conjunction with our first nations to ensure that we are working in a respectful and in a healthy Relationship and I urge the members To do the same. Thank you. Thank you supplementary This uh, kyrga bridge shutdown requires urgent action after years of delay constant repair Load limits lengthy detours. The bridge is not safe for heavy trucks for Oversized farm machinery Baltimore county has no authority to force militants off the bridge when they threaten construction workers ministry of transportation has had no success Despite a seven years of negotiation despite of conducting lengthy environmental and archaeological reviews demanded By the ahodosani Confederacy the same group that you have permitted to occupy dougas creek estates in caledonia for more than nine years now This militant action Continues on a provincial bridge on a provincial highway under a provincial contract When will your provincial government step in and allow the safe opening of the kyrga bridge Again minister When it comes to issues around Maintaining peace and order We rely on our provincial police the ontario provincial police as as everyone knows and they make those determinations I think what we should we should be promoting speaker is is more a peaceful resolution of of any dispute as opposed to Sowing seas of discontent And and we very much appreciate and recognize the work that opi does with local communities and finding those resolutions And i wholeheartedly support them and will continue To to work with opi and let them do their Work as they do so well in our communities across the province Thank you a new question to the member from hamilton east dony creek Thank you speaker. My question is to the minister of transportation speaker the pan am games kickoff in a month The ceo of the games committee has said that this will be a summer you'll never forget Unfortunately for us speaker this quote came from an article about traffic congestion in less than four weeks pan am lanes Will be blocked off on highways into out of and through toronto at the minister of transportation's Minister of energy Please ask thank you At the minister of transportation's technical briefings a rosy pitcher was definitely painted no real impacts on traffic he said But all of this was contingent on his faith-based transportation plan 20 of drivers will stay off the road Minister what evidence do you have that this will work number one? What metrics are you using? How will you measure your achievement against the 20 target during or after the games question? Thank you Thanks very much speaker I know that on this side of the house and right across the greater toronto and hamilton area right across ontario speaker There is a ton of excitement about the fact that the pan am para pan am games Speaker that member should know of course that when we announced and provided the technical briefing with respect to the pan am Para pan am transportation plan We did discuss a number of initiatives that are being brought forward and have already been brought forward So for example speaker we're allowing spectators to use their games ticket to get on to public transit speaker We're expanding high occupancy vehicle the lane network temporarily for vehicles with three or more people Public transit games fleet vehicles emergency vehicles and taxi speaker We're providing accessible transportation options including pre-booked accessible parking public transit specialized transit services We're also speaker providing information and planning tools to help people plan ahead and avoid any challenges Thank you speaker it is clear that the government has uh been expecting massive congestion along and has decided that well In just a case of help they've decided that it is the price the public has to pay Tourism culture although they've never asked I call it their ontario traffic premium plan the minister talks a lot about the evidence from london and vancouver Let me give you some numbers speaker What happened in london and vancouver london achieved only nine percent reduction In peak uh p.m. Traffic during the olympics and during the para olympics I'll move to a warning Please finish sure london achieved only nine percent reduction in peak hour p.m. Traffic during the olympics and during the para olympics and abysmal Two percent the invested i have this number's mind boggling billions in transit and still couldn't achieve 20 We know the consequences failing to reach a target The don valley parkway a quarter of its normal speed speaker an hour and 15 minutes from the gardener to the 401 At similar numbers throughout the whole the whole network. Can the minister tell us what is going to be is to avoid traffic Thank you minister Thanks very much speaker. I thank the member for the follow-up question What I didn't get a chance to talk about in my original answer speaker Was that this coming saturday the union pierce and express will launch and go into service speaker Didn't mention speaker in my original answer was that the west harbour go station formerly called the james street north station In that member in that leader's community will be ready in time This is this house that perhaps the member from hamilton east stony creek would know all of this The member from cambridge Is for the minister responsible for seniors affairs Speaker i got to know many seniors while working as a nurse and i know the importance of sustaining healthy active and engaged older adults I am proud of the dedication of the minister and this new government to take action to help seniors live their best life This june we celebrate the 31st annual seniors months in ontario In my community of cambridge and waterloo region Seniors month is an important occasion filled with many local events and activities That engage and celebrate the active and vibrant seniors in my community for 31 years We've honored the many contributions that seniors have made to this province and we recognize their spirit that continues to shine regardless of age Can the minister please share with us more details about seniors month and how ontario recognizes and celebrate seniors Speaker and thank to the member from my cambridge for the question Indeed speaker. We are happy to celebrate ontario 31st anniversary of seniors month Our theme this year. It's vibrant seniors vibrant communities Acknowledging the remarkable remarkable spirit of our senior speaker I was delighted to kick off seniors month on june 1st at rierson university Where there is clearly a strong commitment and strong community dedicated to continuous learning for seniors Speaker the seniors month and beyond I encourage everyone to reach out to the seniors in your lives and let them know We appreciate the work they have done put our home ontario. I thank you speaker I know how important it is to have activities that interest engage and inspire the seniors in our communities Especially during seniors month and I've had the pleasure to regularly host events to connect with them In order to learn and discuss the issues facing seniors next week In fact, I'll be visiting heritage meadows retirement home And listen to the seniors living in my riding of cambridge It's essential to remember that the number of seniors in ontario Will double over the next two decades including many in this house and the work we do for them is becoming increasingly important Speaker can the minister please elaborate on the progress we're making as we mark the 31st annual Seniors month in ontario Thank you minister Our actions strengthened by the work of a hard working local leaders like the member from cambridge Who is so dedicated to seniors in her community? Speaker our ontario action plan It covers many issues that affect seniors and has had a very overwhelming positive reasons For example, we launched the very successful first year first time Seniors community grant reaching out some 46,000 seniors in the first year and this year speaker Doubling the grant thanks to the premier and minister susan We are reaching some 72 plus seniors in every corner of our province Speaker i'm proud to witness the strides we are making to help on there you become the best place to age Thank you speaker Thank you Today minister of culture tourism sport minister I know from our personal conversations that you've had deep and abiding sense the importance of heritage in the problems fund Terry and I commend you for that You've also shown an interest in a particular piece of heritage of my riding in vine land the vine land schoolhouse As you know, the original schoolhouse was built in 1895 It's an extraordinary example of 19th century Architecture it has been important in the community not just as a school but a Living so to speak example of beansville brook work This was an awful lot of history packed into that tiny schoolhouse Here's a problem 105 years of history or 120 years of history is going to come to an end on june 19th That's when the wrecking ball comes to town and knocks it down Minister we use your authority under the heritage act to intervene And say that schoolhouse Well, thank you, mr. Speaker and I want to thank the member opposite For the question but also for his advocacy on this this issue. I know that over the last Several weeks we've had many opportunities to talk about this This specific schoolhouse, you know 120 years, you know, a lot of heritage a lot of local heritage and A beautiful example of the type of architecture that was that was developed 120 years ago And in fact, mr. Speaker, I did receive many Letters from the friends of the vine land public school and they've officially requested as well for provincial designation Mr. Speaker the Ontario heritage acts gives some municipalities the tools they need to manage and protect their assets and their heritage assets in their communities and we've we've connected with the local municipality The township of Lincoln and presented some options for them And I hope to make best use of those options to save this particular piece of Infrastructure in history Thank you speaker and I do want to say minister I do appreciate the fact that you contacted the the town of Lincoln and you gave them options And firstly the town of Lincoln decided not to pursue those options Their concern is it would be sued by the local school board because the previous council had issued the demolition permit The notion and I think you share this with me of one publicly funded institution Suing another publicly funded institution to get more money for the taxpayers to go to lawyers is preposterous The schoolhouse gets knocked down all the same. So let me put this On the table because as you know come June 19th this piece of history Is gone forever and as the expression goes they don't make them like that anymore Minister will you let me put this on the table will you Use your authority as a minister having been in that position And I know the ministry I know how much they care about heritage and I know your phone calls get returned Would you contact both the school board municipality and try to pull them together with heritage groups before June 19th To keep that living history alive Thank you, mr. Speaker You know as I was saying we we did contact the municipality of Lincoln and we have presented some options for them To assist in you know preventing any type of litigation Against any of those publicly funded organizations We believe that we've presented an option for them that would allow them to take local control and really develop a Solution that would work for everyone, you know at the at the ministry You know this government we are committed to preserving heritage here in the province of Ontario In fact the premier has asked me to Revisit culture and build a new framework for Ontario And I know heritage will be a big part of that discussion in the fall But I'm going to work with the minister of education I will work with you know with other ministries and the people of ontario to find ways to better Look for better ways to preserve our history in the province of ontario And again, I want to thank the member for his advocacy on this issue And we'll continue to work with both the the school board and the municipality if if required Member from Toronto Danforth. Thank you speaker my question to the minister of the environment and climate change Major infrastructure projects like the pan am gains are generating massive volumes of contaminated soil The ministry of the environment and climate change does not track this soil Has no idea where it winds up We do know that much of this contaminated soil has been dumped on prime farmland And protected lands in the green belt and the oak bridges moraine With the property owners believing they are accepting clean soil Last october the minister called this a top environmental and economic concern for ontario and promised action by the spring Well, the spring session wraps up today And nothing has been done Why has the minister failed to take any action? Thank you In preamble, I just want to say one thing I was the mayor who hosted the last pan am games in canada 1999 And it's amazing to me how that party has found every opportunity to absolutely Dis and degrade what is one of the most exciting events is the first time the Toronto areas had a major event So You don't know what you're in for and it's about the historic moments in our province's history mr. Speaker and the waste Guidelines that were put out last spring are being reviewed very actively mr. Speaker As is the development of the waste diversion act and I look forward to reporting back to the house and working with my critic on that But you know mr. Speaker It's a sad day on the eve of what will be a historic summer in ontario and trunnels and hamilton's history That that's the kind of lemon sucking you get from the party office at mr. Speaker I'd like to do this and then i'll come back to the member Uh, I have three quick comments before we move on Just before we do move on to our bills I would like to draw the members attention to the fact that our table clerk and stokes As announced that she's going to be retiring later this month Therefore, this is her last day serving the table And I hope that all members would join me in thanking and for a very long and successful career In public service that you understand. I didn't miss at this time. Uh, and we're on a happy note I have a sad note. This is the last day for our pages For the wonderful work that they've done for us this last few weeks Some order from the member from the hamilton east stony creek Correct the record. I'd like to inform the minister that my entire staff were at all technical briefings on the pan am gains He's incorrect That's uh Thank you. Thank you. The member from renford's got an extra chip in his pocket Uh, the the minister on a point of order. Thank you, mr. Speaker. It is my pleasure to welcome monica zoo Loretta chen and michelle lu who are part of the teal 2015 youth summit joining us here at the legislature today And uh, just before we do do our last I I do want to wish all of you a safe and uh healthy Family time break, uh, but also to reinforce what I've said time and time again Thank you for the hard work that you do even when the house is not sitting I know you go back to your constituencies and work hard. Please be safe this summer. Enjoy yourselves and enjoy your family I'd also like to say is uh to the staff to the staff here and to the clerks to the table And to all of the staff here at the legislature. Thank you for a hard job done well We do have a deferred vote on the motion to third reading of bill six and act to enact the infrastructure for jobs and prosperity act 2014 calling the members. This will be a five minute bill But all members, please take their seats third 2015. Mr. Nackley moved third reading of bill six All those in favor, please rise one at a time. You're recognized by the clerk. Mr. Dugan. Mr. Dugan Bradley Hi, I'm a user s'sue. Mr. Suza. His win. It's win. Is Matthew. Mr. Hoskins. Mr. Hoskins. His sandals. Mr. Quinter Mr. Quinter. Mr. Cole. Mr. Cole. Mr. Bernardinetti. Mr. Bernardinetti. Mr. Dylan. Mr. Dillon. Mr. Quadri. Mr. Quadri. Mr. Zettie. Mr. Gravel. Mr. Mcmeacon. Mr. Murray. Mr. Murray. Mr.. Chen. Mr. Moriri. Mr. Moritti. Mr. Coteau. Mr. Coteau. Mr. Leeo. Mr. Fleim. Mr. Flinn. Mr. Zimmer. Mr. Zimmer. Mr. Delaney. Mr. Delaney. Mr. Bolfas. Mr. Mr. Rinaldi, Ms. Berniel, Ms. Berniel, Mr. Tebow, Mr. Arnav, Mr. Huda, Mr. Hardeman, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Fidelli, Mr. Yacobusky, Mr. Clark, Mr. Miller-Parisan-Mascocca, Mr. Dunlop, Mr. Dunlop, Mr. McNaughton, Ms. Thompson, Ms. Thompson, Mr. Barrie, Ms. Monroe, Mr. Bailey, Mr. Bailey, Mr. Walker, Mr. Walker, Mr. Smith, Mr. Smith, Mr. Harris, Mr. Nichols, Mr. Nichols, Ms. Marteau, Mr. McDonnell, Mr. McClaren, Mr. McClaren, Mr. Pettipies, Ms. Horvath, Ms. Horvath, Mr. Sains, Mr. Vison, Mr. Vantog, Mr. Vantog, Ms. DeNovo, Mr. Tabas, Mr. Miller-Hamilton, East Stony Creek, Ms. Sattler, Ms. Taylor, Ms. Armstrong, Ms. Armstrong, Ms. Jelinau, Ms. Forreston, Ms. Shimantah, Mr. Hatfield, Ms. Gretzky, Ms. Gretzky, Ms. French, Ms. French. All those opposed, please rise one at a time and be recognized by the clerk. The ayes are 95, the nays are zero. The ayes being 95, and the nays being zero. I declare the motion carried. Third reading of the bill. So as given next week, close your eyes. We have resolved that the bill do now pass and be entitled as in the motion. We have a deferred vote on the motion of second reading, bill 66. An act to protect and restore the Great Lakes, St. Lawrence River Basin. Call in the members. This will be a five-minute bell. On March 26, 2015, Mr. Murray moved second reading of bill 66. All those in favor, please rise one at a time and be recognized by the clerk. All those opposed please raise one at a time be recognized by the court. Mr. Thompson, Mr. Hardiman, Mr. Yakiboski, Mr. Clark, Mr. Dunlaw, Mr. Barrett, Mr. Monroe, Mr. Bailey, Mr. Smith, Mr. Harris, Mr. Nichols, Mr. McDonnell, Mr. McLaren, Mr. Pettipies. The ayes being 73, and the nays being 17. I declare the motion carried. Second reading of the bill. Does the election proceed or not? Pursuant to the order of the House created June 2, 2015, the bill is ordered, referred to the Standing Committee on General Government. There are no further deferred votes. This House stands recess until 1pm this afternoon.