 Member Statements. The Member for Kingston and the Islands. Thank you, Speaker. I rise today to recognize something with some purpose that November is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. On average, one woman is killed by an intimate partner every six days in Canada. Indigenous women and girls are disproportionately victims of all forms of sex and gender-based violence and are six times more likely to be victims of emissive. We are measured by our treatment of our most vulnerable speaker, the most vulnerable members of our community, and here we continue to fail. It is imperative that we commit to protecting and supporting victims of family violence, and I would urge this government to hear the pleas of women's centres, asking them to commit to long-term stable funding needed to do life-saving work. COVID-19 has amplified the terror of domestic violence, and we know that during lockdowns, women were disproportionately affected. We failed to consider the impact of the lack of access to peace bonds for those in danger, or that some women may not even have the freedom to get themselves vaccinated, Speaker. I want to thank you for giving me this opportunity to recognize this month. It's a privilege to be able to advocate for the women and children who suffer all forms of domestic violence, and I would urge this government to lift the building of funding precarity for women's centres and the courageous front-line social workers who do this daunting work. Thank you, Speaker. Member Statements, the Member for Stormont Dundas, South Klingere. Thank you, Speaker. I rise today to shine a light on a new chapter in the history of the Cormel Police Service. On October 22, Chief Danny Aikman began a well-earned retirement after almost a year of hard work Chief Aikman's skill and expertise allowed him to successfully navigate through the rapidly changing times of police work. I want to congratulate him on his long-time service to his community. He passed the baton on to Deputy Chief Shauna Sproul, who became the first female chief of police in the city of Cormel. Like her predecessor, she's a graduate of Rotman School of Management, and she's also a member of the Cormel Police Service and a graduate of Rotman School of Management and has already utilized these skills to develop and put in place several important policing and community initiatives. I've had the chance to work with the new chief in her previous role, and I know that her team's first approach will make her an important addition to the Eastern Ontario Security Network, working together with our RCMP, the neighbouring Mohawk and OPP police services. The residents of Cormel are in good hands and I wish her the very best of luck in her new role in serving her community. Thank you, Speaker. Member Statens, the Member for Scarborough South West. The Royal Canadian Legion Hall contacted our office to get help for a senior, a veteran, living in a TCHC building. For months, his unit was horribly infested by bed bugs. The Legion offered to help pay rent for a new unit, furniture carpeting to fix this situation. Our Toronto Community Housing informed that it could take up to one year for Ralph to be moved to another unit despite the infestation. Because of the terrible conditions, care workers stopped coming to his unit to take care of Ralph. The infestation got worse, which led him to stop eating. His family also offered to pay for the services to clean his unit, but TCHC could not relocate him or coordinate cleaning services. As soon as my office received the case, Ralph was too late. Ralph was already suffering from severe anemia. He passed away. Ralph George Musgrove. Ralph George Musgrove, a senior veteran who honourably served his country, passed away from bed bug anemia in his home. This is the reality of many senior veterans, especially those living in our collapsing social housing system speaker. Lack of proper services, units falling apart or infested, decade-long wait lists. How did Ontario, one of the most prosperous provinces in this country, let things get so bad? Why are honourable veterans spending their final years in such painful and undignified conditions? Speaker, for Ralph, for the thousands of veteran seniors across Ontario and for their families, we must do better. I would like to thank the Royal Canadian Legion Halls for their commitment to helping Ralph and to Darlene Kaufman, the first daughter for letting us remember her father in the legislature today. On November 11th, we will honour and remember Ralph and all the veterans who sacrificed, served and continue to serve our country lest we forget. Thank you very much. Member statements? Member for Perth Wellington. Thank you, Speaker. Good news out of Perth Wellington. Louise Marshall Hospital in Mount Forest recently completed a major expansion project. The emergency room and ambulatory care is a major investment in rural health. It is an investment in future generations who will live and work in our community. People who will need them, people who will need them these modern health care facilities. I was honoured to attend the grand opening on September 8th. There are so many people to recognise for the success of this project. Mayor Andy Lennox in Township and County Councils, and the North Wellington Health Care Board. Outgoing CEO Steve Street and the new CEO, Angela Stanley. Dr. Chris Rowling and all the health care professionals and hospital staff. Bob McFarland in the campaign committee and all those who contributed. The Louise Marshall Hospital Foundation and the broader community. Projects like these do not happen without community support. This project had that and then some. I've been pushing for this project ever since I was first elected from opposition and from government. I'm grateful for the support we received along the way from the ministry and so many others. I especially want to thank our Minister of Health for proving this project and her interest in it ever since her visit to the hospital eight years ago. And so again I want to thank all those who worked so hard over so many years to make this project possible. Thank you very much. Member Statements. Member for Nickel Belt. Thank you, Speaker. On Thursday, November 11, multiple branches of the Royal Canadian Legion in my writing will be holding events to recognize Remembrance Day. Residents of Nickel Belt have always selflessly answered the call. So we have many veterans from the Second World War all the way to the Afghanistan War. I want to encourage everyone to get out and show these service people the respect they have earned, putting their lives in harm's way for our safety, for our prosperity. The Royal Canadian Legion branch in Lockerby, in Capriol, in Chemsford and in Falconbridge will hold in-person events starting at 10.45 on Thursday, November 11th. Branch 503 is starting their ceremony at 1.45 in the afternoon at the Honopin Community Centre and the Sudbury Wolves will also do a ceremony at 7 o'clock this Friday night. If this past year has taught us anything, it is the importance of people who sacrifice their safety to protect others. Our veterans have done this without questions for decades and it is my honor to recognize their sacrifices this Remembrance Day and every day. I hope you will join me. Last we forget, we will remember them. Thank you very much. Member Statements, the member for Ottawa South. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I want to say a few things about mandatory vaccinations. I know we've been going back and forth on this for several months now while the government says that the same rules that don't apply in long-term care don't apply in hospitals or home care or in our schools or in childcare. And the latest thing is the government doesn't want to put COVID-19 vaccinations on the list of universal vaccines that we have in schools. And that's a real head scratcher as well too. Our kids are vulnerable. I think it's reasonable for parents to expect that the government is going to move to protect their kids in school. Now those universal vaccines in schools, we have a way they've worked for 40 years. 40 years. And we have a way of dealing with that and families. But here's the thing that's being missed. Those that are in that act allow for contact tracing and very rapid movement to prevent an outbreak. And guess who they protect the most? Not the kids who've been vaccinated but the kids who are unvaccinated. So the government's leaving this tool on the table and that's the wrong thing to do. It's not good for families and it's not good for kids. Thank you, Speaker. Thank you. Member Statements. The Member for Ottawa, West Napaean. On December 31st Kevin Cohane will be retiring as president and CEO of the Chio Foundation. Kevin joined the foundation 20 years ago and he has served as president for the past nine years. During that time the foundation has grown in substantial ways. It has continued to fulfill its important mandate of ensuring that every child in Eastern Ontario can live their best life. In 2001, when Kevin joined the foundation they raised $12 million. Over the 20 years since donations have increased as the foundation team under Kevin's leadership sought innovative ways to reach donors. Last year, Speaker, the foundation pulled in $44 million. That means more kids receiving the critical care they deserve more medical equipment more world-class research and a renewal of the Chio campus. Now Kevin would be the first to say that none of this would have been possible without the incredible community of support in Ottawa. Co-workers I spoke to all mentioned that at the heart of Kevin's leadership was a firm belief in the strength of the team. But what is undoubtedly true is that Kevin's humble and tireless leadership has helped steer the foundation to greater success. His devotion to helping kids as well as his passion to tell Chio's story is evident to all that meet him. As Kevin prepares to step down I'd like to sincerely thank him on behalf of the thousands of kids and families that have benefited from Chio's exceptional care. Enjoy your well-deserved retirement and thank you from everyone in Ottawa. Thank you very much. Member statements. I recognize the member for Essex. Thank you very much, Speaker. Like my colleague across the aisle a special accommodation today to recognize Janice Kaffer who is the CEO and President of Holtoudou Healthcare in Windsor who is retiring. After 37 years in the healthcare field mostly as a nurse our region in Windsor and Essex County has been well served by Janice's leadership especially during the last several years and months throughout the COVID pandemic Janice has been a champion for social justice and anti-poverty measures as well as mental health supports for our community. She has spearheaded so many different services through Holtoudou Grace Healthcare to support people in our community who have suffered and continue to suffer from mental health issues. She has exemplified leadership in our community throughout COVID to supporting all regions of our community. We wish her well and thank her so much for that leadership and also welcome and thank the new President of Holtoudou Grace Healthcare Bill Mara who is the Acting Vice President of Holtoudou and who has enormous experience in leadership as a previous City Councillor. Bill is a great friend of ours and we are so thankful for him accepting and confident that he will lead our healthcare system into the future post-pandemic and support the needs of our entire community. Best wishes to Janice, her family and I know she is going to spend a lot more time with her grandkids and best wishes to Bill as well as he enters into his new journey. Thank you. Thank you very much. Member Statements. The Member for Mississauga, Erin Mills. Thank you Mr. Speaker. November is Diabetes Awareness Month. I want to cognize the challenges and the courage of over 1.5 million Ontarians living with Diabetes and the many millions of Ontarians with Breed Diabetes. Mr. Speaker, this year also marked a global milestone in the Diabetes Warlet as this is the centennial anniversary of Discovery of Insulin right here in Ontario. The Discovery of Insulin has saved millions of lives around the Warlet. Thankful, we are we have come a long way in this 100 years and innovative health technologies have drastically improved the lives of Ontarians with Diabetes. One of this game changing technologies that the Ontario Government invested in 2019 has been the freestyle Libre Flash Goloco's monitoring system. This system allows accessing of Goloco's data in real time by scanning with a swipe of your phone and has enabled Ontarians with Diabetes to receive care through remote patient monitoring and virtual Diabetes care. This is the care of the future. Ontario is only one of the first provinces providing Flash Goloco's monitoring technology. The province also has the most widespread access in Canada. That's something all members of this legislator should be proud of either in Canada and I'm confident that we will continue to lead in helping Ontarians with Diabetes. Thank you.