 Member Statements. I recognize the member for Etobicoke Lakeshore. Well thank you Mr. Speaker and good morning everyone. The hard-working people of Etobicoke Lakeshore are always optimistic and now with the warmer weather the tulips are popping up and allergy season is in full bloom and the upbeat spirit I have encountered over the past several months have absolutely been phenomenal. In March it was National Pharmacy Appreciation Months and I had the opportunity to visit various pharmacists in our community to express my appreciation. In the end of March I also met with the Earth Rangers who were visiting Norseman Middle School, a group of young individuals dedicated to preserving area species and habitats. That same day I was able to drop by our 15th annual Seniors Health and Wellness Fair at the amazing Franklin Horner Community Centre and this year's theme was Boosting Brain Health and Memory. During this past week my colleague the Minister of Education stopped by St. Josephat Cathedral Catholic School to meet with staff and students and welcome over 250 Ukrainian students who've enrolled since June 2022 and I'm pleased to welcome them to Etobicoke. I also had the opportunity this week to visit our women's habitat outreach centre with my friend the Associate Minister of Women at Social and Economic Opportunity. The habitat does such wonderful work to serve and protect vulnerable women in our community. On April 13th I was honored to attend the Haven on the Queen's Way ribbon cutting to cut the ribbon for the new walk-in freezer to better serve those in need. I just want to thank everybody in our community for the work they do every day. Thank you. Thank you very much. Member Statements, the Member for Ottawa Centre. Thank you Speaker. Normally I'm not compelled to discuss federal politics in this place. We've got enough to do in Ontario. But I rise this morning Speaker to register my serious concerns with Mr. Pierre Poilleuve the federal leader of the opposition. In recent months he's been putting a maple glaze on Trumpism. He's used his platform to attack journalists attempting to hold them accountable. As Ruth Arthur from the Toronto Star has said, Mr. Poilleuve is not just working the refs he's trying to replace them. Speaker, there's always a tension between members of the media and elected officials. We interact with each other while doing very different jobs. Journalists work hard to report stories they believe are in the public interest and we work hard as elected officials with the media to advocate for our constituents and broadcast messages we believe are important. We may not like how our words are reported sometimes Speaker and journalists may not appreciate how their questions are deflected or spun. But still we both try to do our jobs and the tension between us is critical for Canadian democracy. But the moment you employ disinformation to question somebody else's integrity that is the moment you cross a big red line. It is the moment I believe you insult the democratic traditions built by our grandmothers and grandfathers in this place. So Speaker through you I call to Mr. Poilleuve I call to all members of this House all elected officials everywhere to do better to respect each other as we do the work that we need to do for Canadians and to never cross that red line. Order. Order. Thank you Member Statements, the Member for Brantford Grant. Thank you Speaker and good morning. I am pleased to rise in the House today to recognize and celebrate Logan Statz an outstanding singer, songwriter and musician. Born in Osweken on the territory of the six nations of the Grand River Logan started to write songs and perform music in his teens in and around the Brantford Grant community. In 2018 the Mohawk Nation Artist was chosen from 10,000 hopeful contestants vying for a spot on the musical competition show The Launch. Before 1.4 million viewers Statz won and that ushered the breakthrough that would lead him to Nashville in Los Angeles with his single and its amazing speaker The Lucky Ones. His song Speaker would hit number one in Canada on iTunes. Statz was also part of a documentary series and uses his talent to bring awareness on indigenous issues across Canada. In the years from 2018 to today Statz has come home making the intentional decision to re-root at six nations of the Grand River. Last month Speaker Logan Statz won the prestigious Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada TD Indigenous Songwriter Award. All this using borrowed equipment at Statz's apartment and a recording studio on the six nations territory. I quote, My nation and my community are in every chord I play and every note I sing they've saved me. And with those words Logan we celebrate your accomplishments and we thank you congratulations. Order. Order. Order. You can't do this. You can't do this. You can't interrupt the proceedings of the House. I would use to be part of your light wash to have the Indian better. We are not happy. We are suffering. We are thirsty. Zoom Member Statements. Member Statements. The Member for Scarborough Southwest. Thank you very much Speaker. Last week our community mourned the loss of a wonderful award-winning poet, author and journalist Iqbal Hasan. A creative writer, a storyteller Iqbal Hasan loved writing poetry. His literary works explored the complexities of the human experience and often dealt with themes of love, loss, displacement and identity. Through his words he talked about his roots within his motherland as well as the struggles of day-to-day life as an immigrant. In one of his interviews he described the loneliness after leaving one's birthplace saying, and I quote, Speaker, he really had a way with his words. Iqbal Hasan's contribution to Bengali literature both in Canada, Bangladesh and around the globe has been significant with over 50 published works to his name. It is a testament to his talent that he was recognised with the prestigious Saeed Aliullah Waliullah award by the Bangla Academy in 2014. I had the opportunity to get to know him over the past years. In fact, he sat right here in the Members Gallery just a few years ago when we passed then MPP Percy Hetfield's bill to establish the poet laureate of Ontario. He was filled with joy seeing such admiration for poetry by our province. The passing of poet Iqbal Hasan has left a void in the literary world. My thoughts and prayers are with the family, friends and loved ones. He will remain an integral part of the Bengali literary community and his legacy will continue to inspire future generations of writers. Thank you very much, Speaker. Members may take their seats. Member Stavins. Member for Niagara West. Thank you very much, Speaker. As you know, Ontario is one of the largest automotive producers in North America, home to world-leading vehicle assembly plants, parts manufacturers, and research centres that have been meeting the needs of international customers for more than 100 years. Ontario is the only place in North America where five major automakers build their vehicles, including Honda, Toyota, four General Motors, and Stellantis, and soon to be added, Volkswagen's first overseas battery manufacturing plant. Speaker, Canada's auto sector supports nearly 500,000 workers, contributes $16 billion annually to Canada's gross GDP and is one of the country's largest exporters. Ontario's auto supply chain is comprised of over 700 parts firms, over 500 tool dye and mould makers, and over 300 connected and autonomous companies. Speaker, this is why with a bright future head for our provincial automotive sector thanks to the leadership of Premier Ford, I'm pleased to make a member's statement celebrating Ontario's automotive heritage. One of my constituents, William Armstrong, is the Ontario director of the National Association of Automobile Clubs of Canada in an effort to declare the month of July as Automotive Heritage Month in Ontario and July 14 as Collector Car Appreciation Day. Whether we're looking back to Ontario's rich automotive history or ahead to new investments today, including the recent announcement that GM will build the next generation of EV motors in St. Catharines, let's celebrate our important automotive sector and recognize July as Automotive Heritage Month. Thank you very much, member's statements. Member for Hamilton Center. Thank you so much, Mr. Speaker. It's been about four weeks since I had the honour of being elected and Hamilton Center is the MPP, but we're not taking anything for granted. We're getting our constituency office set up as of May 1 and we had our first office drop-in at a local business named Rooney just last week. We've also been working really hard on constituency work and I've been doing, learning about constituency work all last week. We also had the opportunity a couple weeks ago to attend Anisa Homes fundraiser knowing that there's about five days left of the holy religious time Ramadan supporting local Muslims who are protecting women who are facing domestic violence and we had the opportunity to connect there and to talk to them about their concerns around funding. We're taking the time to get to know people in the riding and I'm super, super excited to announce that we will be set up in May. Thank you. Thank you very much. Member Statements, the member for Perth Wellington. Thank you speaker. It's my pleasure to rise here today to recognize the Arthur Viper's hockey team on their OAA U18LL Elite Division Championship Victory. It was a hard fought best out of three series against the Mount Forest Rams. The first game saw Arthur taking it with a 4-3 win in overtime with goals from Parker Coffey, Adam Cruel Connor Schmidt who can't score the game winner speaker. Mount Forest bounced back in the second game winning 2-0 and forcing game three. Arthur came out strong and fast in the final game making for a hard fought but resounding 5-0 victory to close out the series. Goals were scored by Simon Livingston Parker Coffey and Brayden Hope speaker. Connor Schmidt, Nate House Wyatt Schill and Owen McDougall all provided assists. Obviously speaker Wyatt Smith and Brayden Van Donaghan stood their ground as goalies keeping the puck out of the net. Speaker this capped off the fantastic season for the Viper's winning 27 games with one loss and bringing them to a record 50 wins one loss 248 goals and 76 goals against in their last two seasons speaker. I want to personally congratulate the entire team on winning the elite division championships in the past two years speaker. And as their coaches said all three lines focused on doing the small things fast and with intention. Congratulations Arthur Viper. Thank you very much. Member statements? Member for Cambridge. Mr. Speaker This morning I want to speak about the tremendous success of the Cambridge Memorial Hospital Foundation. Established back in 1982 the foundation has transferred almost 19 million dollars to the Cambridge Memorial Hospital for capital equipment and education. This hard work and success of the foundation has allowed the hospital to provide the best quality of care to the people of my writing. These supporters of the hospital foundation gathered for a springtime in Paris. Gala where they raised an incredible $380,000. These funds will be put towards a spotlight MRI of 5 million dollar campaign to purchase this new machine. To date a total of 1.6 million has been raised. The generosity of the foundation donors allows the Cambridge Memorial Hospital to purchase its first MRI back in 2012. It was a game changer. Not only could MRIs be accessed at home but wait times were also reduced. Over the last 5 years the hospital's average 9,000 scans a year which is amazing. As our community continues to grow a new MRI is required to meet the demand. The spotlight MRI campaign will feature many more funding events coming up in the future months. I encourage my people of my writing to support the good work for the hospital foundation. To the staff and volunteers at the hospital foundation both past and present, I thank you for your hard work and dedication. Thank you. Member statements. The member for Mississauga Lakeshore. Thank you Mr. Speaker. Last week Ford Motor Company announced details of its $1.8 billion investment to transform the Oakville Assembly complex where I worked for 31 years into a North American hub for manufacturing electric vehicles beginning in the second quarter next year by retooling the existing assembly building three body shops, a paint facility Ford will be ready to produce electric vehicles beginning in 2025. Two years faster than a completely new facility. The new Oakville Electric Vehicle Complex will also produce a new 407,000 square foot battery plant to manufacture battery packs that will be installed into electric vehicles right here in Ontario. This will support thousands of well-paying jobs in a more sustainable plant. That's great news for my friends at Unifor local 707. I'm looking forward to seeing them next month to celebrate their 70th anniversary. Speaker, as the Minister of Economic Development said four years ago economists expected investment of $300 billion across the global electric vehicle industry but nothing in Ontario. Today we are attracting over $17 billion and I want to thank the Minister and the Premier for everything they're doing to ensure that the cars and the batteries of the future are built right here in Ontario using Ontario minerals by Ontario workers at the Ford plant in Oakville and across the province of Ontario. Thank you. Point of order, the member for Peterborough, Coortha. Thank you Mr. Speaker as you know the OHL playoffs have begun there was a gentleman's bet between myself and the member from Sudbury the Peterborough Peets defeated the Sudbury Wolves in four games so to honour the bet I'm asking for unanimous consent for the member for Sudbury to wear the Peterborough Peets jersey during question period. Oh. And with the Peterborough, Coortha is seeking to humiliate the member for Sudbury by forcing him to wear hockey sweater for a team he doesn't support. Agreed? Agreed. That concludes our member statements for this morning.