 Therefore, it's time for Members' Statements, the member from Elgin, Middlesex, London. Thank you very much, Speaker. I rise today to acknowledge World Hereditary Cancer Awareness Day taking place on March 22nd. It's otherwise known as Lynch syndrome. Lynch syndrome is also known as a hereditary non-polyposis called rectal cancer, which is an autosomal dominant genetic condition that has high risk of colon cancer and dimetrile cancer and various other types of aggressive cancers and it usually occurs at quite a young age. It is among the most common of the hereditary cancers in syndromes and estimates as many as 1 in 300 people may be carriers of an alteration in a gene associated with Lynch syndrome. Individuals with Lynch syndrome have an 80% lifetime risk for colon cancer. Lynch syndrome in international has been a monumental and raising awareness of the syndrome providing support for those afflicted with Lynch syndrome, educating members of the general public and health care professionals, and providing support for Lynch syndrome research endeavors. Early detection is crucial resulting in favorable outcomes, enhanced survival rates, greater longevity and overall quality of life, which really speaks to the point of having tests to ensure if you carry the gene to get the testing done earlier in order to detect early signs of cancer. I really would like to thank Lynch syndrome international for all their awareness, support and advocacy efforts, and I encourage all survivors, patients, caregivers, family members, and everybody who's been affected by Lynch syndrome to speak out, discuss their story, get it well known. Awareness is key in developing a proper strategy and helping those with Lynch syndrome. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Thank you for their members. Statements to the member from Windsor to come see. Okay, listen up. It's poetry time, Mr. Speaker. My prose may have been stronger, but being pierogued has made me weaker. Our private members' bills are dead, just collateral damage. That's disappointing, but what can we do? We'll just have to manage. Perhaps there's nothing to prevent a bill's adoption by unanimous consent. You can tell I'm putting on a brave face. As I know in my specific case, on behalf of the proletariat, I had my hopes on a provincial poet laureate. Gord Downey was a poet and singer with the tragically hip. His poetry followed no traditional script, but his poetry and lyrics were seamless. He was considered a humble and literary genius. In his memory, the poet laureate Bill was dedicated. At one unanimous consent here, when it was debated, it had the premier support, her house leaders too, but politics get in the way and out of the blue, prorogation, a political stain on good public legislation. I say to my liberal friends, if you want the credit, then make the bill your own. Gord Downey and I won't care. Let that be known. He called his daily writing, lifting the 400-pound feather. So instead of fighting, let's do this together. Let's create this nonpartisan position. To me, it's a simple transition. Make it a government bill instead of a PMB. An Ontario poet laureate named in memory of the one and only the hips, Gord Downey. Thank you. Very good timing. Member Stevens, the member from AJAX Pickering. Thank you, Speaker. It's my honour to once again welcome myelgic encephalomolitis, association of Ontario MEAO in the acronym represented by Denise Maggie, president of MEA. Just give us a little wave as we do that. Adriana Tatley, Keith Devine Lee, Irene Turin, John Doherty and Jason Rahel. We've got everybody just about. Okay, thank you very much. What an honour for year after year to be able to work with these wonderful people, Speaker. And I have so many presentations to do today. All I can tell you is all members are invited to a reception being held today and hosted by MEAO at Committee Room 228 at 4.30pm. And it's an honour for me to sponsor this group. It is something that we all know is a registered Ontario charity that supports people who live with chronic complex environmentally linked medical conditions known as myelgic encephalitis, which is also known as chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia and environmental sensitivities also known as multiple sensitivity... multiple chemical sensitivity and these conditions affect nearly 600,000 people living in our province and I think they're going to cut me off. Anyway, Speaker, I've sponsored them many times. I look forward to this afternoon and I want all members to gather all of the other members and join us after 4.30pm. Thank you, Speaker. Are you finished yet? Oh, thank you. Further member statements? Mr Speaker, I rise today to once again talk about the critical importance of the redevelopment of two hospitals in Alliston and calling with General Marine Hospital that both spent considerable amounts of their own money planning for future redevelopments. First, I want to thank the government for its decision to forward $500,000 to each hospital to help with redevelopment and planning. The government made this announcement in February and it was a positive, although symbolic, first step for both hospitals. We all know that half a million dollars to each hospital is nowhere near enough for the cost of planning and design. It doesn't even cover what both hospitals have spent to this point. To date, Stevens Memorial Hospital has spent $1.3 million on Stage 1 of a five-stage process for planning for the redevelopment and calling with General Marine Hospital has spent $1.2 million. Hospital officials tell me they expect the total cost to plan and design the projects will exceed $14 million per hospital. These redevelopments are critically important for both communities. These hospitals were built in the 1950s and 1960s. The infrastructure is old and it's out of date. Both hospitals need more space to deliver the services that patients depend on. This isn't about partisan politics. I know all the candidates in the upcoming election will agree that hospitals deserve the money to fully do their planning and design. It's about planning for the future of health care needs of citizens. This is not an issue that's going to go away. Speaker, the time has come for both hospitals to receive their full planning grants. The hospitals and their supporters are ready to move forward with both projects. It's time for the government to get on board. Thank you. Yesterday, Albert Goetje was inducted into the Lord of the Pleiad for his work supporting the francophone culture in Ontario. He told me he was a bit overwhelmed because he was just a farmer. Let me tell you what just a farmer Albert could do. He could walk up to a mic at a national dairy conference, say his name, and have the room go quiet. He did it time after time. At a time when francophones faced open discrimination, he gained admiration. Albert was a dairy farmer before supply management was created in this country. He had private dairy contracts with two dairies. And back then milk was shipped in cans, now at antique stores. And often his milk would come back rejected. It had a big red X on it. He followed. It was two hours to the dairy. He followed the milk one day to the dairy and the milk was not even inspected. It was just rejected because it came from far away and it was just Albert Goetje. They had a little fight on the grading station and Albert went to the owner and the owner basically told him to leave it alone. What Albert did, he organized, he mobilized and Tomiskming was the pilot project for supply management in this country because of men, like Albert Goetje. Thank you. Thank you, further member statements and members from Guelph. Thank you, Speaker. On March 9th, I was at the University of Guelph to talk about the new greenhouse gas campus retrofit program. We are investing $514 million in grants and interest free loans for college and university retrofits. At U of G, I'm proud to share that we have allocated $25.9 million in funding as part of the program. And the great thing is that all the funds come from Ontario's cap and trade program. U of G has a district energy system which uses central boilers and then distribute heat through an underground tunnel system. The original builders of the tunnel system in 1906 never anticipated that the tunnel system would eventually expand to several kilometers underground, which is what we have today. U of G will use the funding to upgrade and expand the campus heat recovery system, install real-time energy monitoring meters and replace the boilers. So, speaker, while critics of our climate change action plan are promising to cancel our fight against pollution, we're focused on fighting climate change by investing in students and newer greener campuses. Thank you. Thank you. Further member's statements, the member from Leeds Gremble. Thanks, speaker. I rise to celebrate an amazing initiative launched by Reverend Edward Murray and the congregation at Cardinals St. John's United Church. This remarkable program recognizes that even our heroic first responders sometimes need help, too. We're blessed to have these brave men and women who put their lives in the line by rushing toward danger as others run away. But in keeping us safe, first responders risk more than physical injury. Far too many stress disorder. And that's where First Responders United comes in. Reverend Murray, who's a retired OPP officer trained as a clinical psychologist, saw a need for affordable, accessible PTSD treatment in Eastern Ontario. With the support of his congregation, including Donna Glantstone and retired Area Fire Chief James Grant, they renovated the church to make it happen. Recently, they welcomed their first participants for a five-day stay. And I was honored to meet those involved and was so impressed by their selfless commitment to help heal the terrible pain of PTSD. It was clear their groundbreaking program made a difference in the lives of those first responders who took part. Speaker, I'm so proud St. John's United has given first responders, particularly volunteer firefighters from small departments, somewhere else to turn in their time of need. First Responders United is yet another example of how the people of Leeds Grenville continue to look out after each other and why there's no better place to live. Thank you, Speaker. I can't further member's statements. The member from Northumberland, Quinty West. Well, thank you, Speaker. I want to take the opportunity to read a letter I just got from a constituent this week. And I read to such, Dear Lou, I usually never write to a local politician not because I don't care about politics but because I'm fortunate to live in a small community whereas a constituent I have easy access to my MPP, Mayor, etc. So, if I have a concern or comment, it can be easily heard. However, a recent situation involving my extended family compelled me to write to you and pray some changes by our government that has helped their everyday lives. My daughter and her common law husband have been going through some rough times. He has been laid off for many months not able to find suitable employment to support his family, getting discouraged, having to live on social assistance, losing their housing situation. They have a three-year-old daughter, full-time and an eight-year-old daughter who lives with them part-time. The three-year-old recently became very ill and my daughter took her to the emergency department at the hospital only to find out that she had contacted pneumonia. It was very, very scary situation. The hospital was great, nurses, doctor, etc. She prescribed three different medications and thankfully all were covered under the OEA Plus pharmacare program. My daughter did not have an added stress for trying to pay out of pocket for her daughter's medicine, which would have meant no money for grocery. My daughter is not quite ready to resume regular work yet, but once her three-year-old starts full-day kindergarten, she knows that she will be able to earn a minimum wage that is more in line with the actual cost of the hospital. Thank you. Thank you, Speaker. Thank you. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. It is a pleasure to rise today on behalf of the constituents of here in Bruce at the beginning of this legislative session. I need to speak about the throne speech. Yesterday seemed more like a Hail Mary by a desperate team than democracy. Instead of cynical election ploys, we should be debating policy. The constituents in here in Bruce, like all Ontarians, have real impressing concerns that need to be dealt with. Before the House was parodied by colleagues from all three parties had useful, substantive legislation tabled. Legislation that addressed concerns shared constituents not only in here in Bruce, but across Ontario. My colleague from Leeds-Grenville had an important bill addressing concerns held by car dealers across the province and dealing with the government that likes to trumpet its environmental credentials, scrapped three important bills relating to the environment or conservation that deserve debating. These bills were from my colleagues from Oxford, Parisell Muscoca and Elgin Middlesex London. Since the New Year, this government has been rearranging the deck chairs on policy and personnel in the hopes that Ontarians won't notice the sinking ship. Well, Speaker, if that's what I'm hearing from stakeholder constituents is true, guess what? They've noticed and the party with the taxpayers' money is over. Speaker, we need a government that's ready to stand up and listen to constituents and deal with the pressing issues of today, not the party politics and tricks. Thank you very much. Point of order, the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services. On a point of order, Mr. President, today we celebrate a very important March 20th the International Francophonie Day. I wish all Franco- Ontarians a very nice Francophonie day. Thank you. Point of order, the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services. Report by committees.