 It is time for oral questions. And I recognize the leader of the official office. Speaker, my first question this morning is to the Premier. In their report this week, the Financial Accountability Office revealed the deep health care cuts hidden in the board government budget. One of their key findings was that despite the Premier's claims, health spending will decrease by $2.7 billion when compared with the 2018 budget. The FAO was unable to provide details of those cuts because the forward government wouldn't allow them to. Why is the Premier hiding the details of these health care cuts from the public? Questions addressed to the Premier? Minister of Finance. Or to the Minister of Finance. Well, thank you very much for the question. And thank you, Speaker. Today, we truly hope that your government will join or your opposition party will join the government in protecting what matters most. And if you actually looked through the 283-page budget, you will find that the health budget has increased by $1.3 billion. Spending to hospitals is up $384 million. Spending in home care is up $267 million. We are providing $1.75 billion to build 15,000 new long-term care beds. Many of them are already under construction. More than 7,000 have been announced. So I would urge the leader of the opposition to open to any page of 383-page budget. Thank you very much. This supplementary question. Well, Speaker, everyone in Ontario knows that this finance minister tried to sell his budget as something that it completely is not, and now the FAO is laying bare the facts for the people of Ontario. He is not a partisan. His office has other insights into the deep and reckless cuts the government has planned for our health care system. Under the Ford government scheme, hospital funding will be effectively cut, not even keeping pace with inflation. And of the $2.7 billion in cuts, one of the deepest will be to children's mental health, which will be slashed by 15%. Can the Premier provide any justification whatsoever to cuts to children's mental health while there are over 12,000 children on a wait list for services most waiting at least 18 months to get that service or to hospital funding while patients continue to be stacked up in hallways from the Liberals scheme of health care? Nice work, Ann. Well, thank you very much, and it's interesting that the leader of the opposition refers to the Liberals, considering they supported them all along the way on the creation of the hallway health care problem. To help with that, Premier, as I said, we are adding $27 billion over 10 years in new hospitals, including $17 billion over 10 years in capital improvements. Speaker, we're putting an unprecedented $1.9 billion into mental health and addictions in the province of Ontario. And the one that I talk about almost every day, and I cannot believe, as an MPP who has seniors coming into their office over and over with dental work that needs to be done that we cannot afford, we cannot believe that this government is going to vote against giving $90 million to vote to 100,000 seniors of low income. Thank you. I believe is that this callous government is making yet another cut to vulnerable children in their budget, Speaker. That's what I cannot believe. Families know the Premier has no plan to cut health care wait times, but they definitely see a plan to cut health care services. The independent FAO is blunt, Speaker. In 40 years, in 40 years in this province, only one government has pulled off health care spending restraint of the kind proposed by this Ford government, and that Premier was Mike Harris, the last Conservative government. The same Mike Harris who closed 28 hospitals, fired 6,000 nurses, and eliminated 7,000 hospital beds. Why is this Premier taking us backwards to an era of deep health care cuts, putting families at risk, and deepening the Liberal Hallway medicine crisis? I'm going to call the member to order. The member for King Bond, come to order. The member for Kitchener Conestoga, come to order. The member for Whitby, come to order. Start the clock. Minister of Finance to reply. Thank you very much. Again, Speaker. I've said it almost every day in this legislature. The previous government was spending $40 million a day more than they took in. We are bringing, and in fact, the FAO has confirmed that our government is delivering a measured, thoughtful, and responsible path to balance. It's credible. It's a plan laid out in budget 2019. It will put the province on a sustainable footing, but it also delivers $26 billion back to the people of Ontario. I cannot believe that this morning, the NDP will not support $2 billion in care tax credits, given to 300,000 low and middle income families. 300,000 families are waiting for that $2 billion care tax credit, and you're not going to support it. I can't believe that they will not support the $2 billion in the low income individual and fax family tax credit. Speaker, there are $26 billion that they're voting against. Member for Davenport will come to order. Member for Hamilton East, Tony Creek will come to order. The next question, the Leader of the Opposition. Thank you, Speaker. My next question is to the Premier, but I think there is nothing responsible about prioritizing beer over healthcare, Speaker. That's right. But my question is about Ontario municipalities who are fighting back against the Government's Bill 108, an unbalanced scheme that gives developers the power to override everything from municipal planning to environmental regulation, and brings back the much-hated Ontario Municipal Board under a new name. Earlier this week, the Premier finally admitted to municipalities that he had made serious mistakes, but the four government is still ignoring requests to give municipalities time to comment on this Bill 108. Why is the government ramming this legislation through and, once again, ignoring serious concerns of municipalities? Questions to the Premier? Thank you very much, Speaker. I'll turn you to the honourable member. It's very interesting, Speaker, that yesterday we had the Ontario Home Builders Association here at Queen's Park. And I know that members from all three parties were there as well as my friend from the Green Party. Sorry about that. So, and everyone acknowledged, everyone, everyone on her bench acknowledged what the Ontario Home Builders were saying yesterday, that we're going to need to build housing supply in this province. We can't wait another minute. And that's exactly what we've moved forward with our Housing Supply Action Plan and Bill 108, more homes, more choice. That's exactly what they're doing. We consulted widely across this province, including our municipal partners. But listen, Speaker, it's the will of the legislature, whether that vote after question period will carry for Bill 108. And I'm sure, and we'll be watching very closely, that those same members that had the cocktails and canapes for the Ontario Home Builders Association last night will see where they stand when that Bill 108... Start the clock. Supplementary question. Well, Speaker, to have a minister that doesn't understand it's about building communities, not just homes with municipal partners as he likes to pretend that they are on Bill 108, they wouldn't be scrambling to ram this bill through this legislature. But with less than two weeks left in the legislature, the government has only scheduled a single day of committee hearing. So they can have canapes and wine with their friends from the Home Builders, but they can't give municipalities the opportunity to discuss a piece of legislation. Stop the clock. I apologize, Leader of the Opposition. Start the clock. Include your questions. Time to spend listening to the concerns of municipalities from one end of this province to the other on a bill that is going to have serious implications in terms of municipal planning and environmental protection. Speaker, where is their priority? Will this government do the right thing and extend the committee hearings over the summer? They can even serve wine and canapes if they want, or will they ram through again yet another unworkable scheme that nobody in this province that is a municipal leader actually wants? Thank you. Speaker, through you to the Leader of the Opposition, she can talk about my friends in the development industry. Well, I'll tell you something. Her caucus looked pretty friendly with them last night. Speaker, any partner that wants to build more housing? I want to say, Speaker, to that millennial couple who don't see a path to home ownership. I want to talk to them. I want them to say and them to know that they have a government that understands that we need to build more homes and more choice. And I want to work with any partner that is in the public sector or the private sector. We need friends to build more homes and to have more choice. They got a lot of friends on this one, Speaker, and they had them when they were in opposition and they have them now that they're in government. The government's side will start the clock. Final supplementary. Speaker, you know this past summer the government signed an agreement with the Association of Municipalities of Ontario. And in it they endorsed the principle of regular consultation with municipalities and made a commitment to cooperate with local governments when considering new legislation that would have a municipal impact. The Premier made a mockery of that commitment with his budget and has been scrambling to undo that damage all this past week. Municipalities have made it very clear that bringing back the OMB might be what their developer friends want in the government, but it's not what is best for the communities that municipal leaders represent. Municipal councils in Grimsby, in Grey County, in Southwest Middlesex and Markham have all passed resolutions rejecting that scheme. Will the Premier honour his commitment? Admit this bill like his budget is not workable and stop ramming legislation through just for their development friends. Minister to reply. I find it very passing strange that the Leader of the Opposition continues to slag home builders and people that actually provide hope to people. Her caucus didn't seem to have any problem in meeting with these home builders yesterday. These people who are providing hope look in the face that they agree that the elephant in there is we need to build a million homes to be able to satisfy demand. I just can't understand why that member is so far out of step with all of her caucus. Speaker, I'm going to make no apologies. The first thing I did as Minister was I increased the opportunity to meet with the Association of Municipalities of Ontario. I moved from every two months under the previous government to every month and in fact, Speaker, I've done once a month. I meet with them almost on a weekly basis and I'll continue to read with them, Speaker. I'll continue to consult with them but make no mistake, we're going to build more homes and provide more choice. Our government is committed to it. She can continue. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. It seems appropriate at this time to remind the members that this is the Parliament of Ontario. Start the clock. The next question. The Leader of the Opposition. The Leader of the Premier. You know, the fallout from the Ford government budget continues to have a devastating impact on students in our classrooms. Today we're learning more details of the impact on French language school boards. The Monavir Catholic Board says that 40 teachers will be losing positions. The Viamon Board says that they are being forced to shed 22 teaching positions and these cuts don't have any educational opportunities for students. Is the Premier still arguing that these cuts won't have an impact? The Minister of Education. The Minister of Education. We'll stand in this house today and say we have a very good working relationship with our Francophone partners and the fact of the matter is we're working very closely to ensure that we're growing Francophone education like never before. We're working closely to ensure that we're growing Francophone education like never before. And do you know the fact of the matter is when we take a look at our overall situation in Ontario, again we're spending 36 million dollars a day on interest, on the money that we owe just to make ends meet. We have to go out to the people we're transferring dollars to and say please work with us. Surely, surely school boards will be as opposed to hitting the front lines because again we have been told loud and clear from one end of this province to the other by teachers, parents and students that there's a lot of waste in school boards and surely they should have been looking within first. Thank you very much. The supplementary question. Well these cuts are especially devastating to Franco-Ontarians who have already seen this from the French university and the French language commissioners, services commissioner. So once again, the premier is hitting this community with even more cuts. It's not fair to them speaker and it's especially unfair to students who are losing teachers, watching class sizes grow and seeing course options vanish. Will the premier admit that these cuts have consequences consequences to French and reverse those cuts now? Do the right thing for a change. Minister of Education. Well again speaker, I have to remind the leader of the opposition that our government understands the importance of French education for many families across this province and we're preserving the history and the future of French language and across Ontario as I said in Franco in French Catholic as well as French language commissioners. I have to remind the minister of education. Just this past week, my seatmate, the president of the Treasury board on behalf of Minister Mulroney opened Viola Leger near Curtis in south of Peterborough and that's good news. And we're investing like never before. We're investing $1.8 billion through the grants for student needs. We're investing in the government in the previous year and we're going to continue to work with our partners to ensure that French education remains an important part of our children's overall education. Thank you very much. Thank you. The member for Mrs. Saga, you're in Mills. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the premier minister of education. I want to say that our government is taking a lot of time to prioritize Ontario place. After years of neglect from the previous government, it is fantastic to hear that our government is taking concrete steps to engage in a warled white search for a partner or partners to help us make Ontario place a warled class destination once again. Its location also means that the site could be an economic boon for both the province of Ontario and the City of Toronto. Can the Premier please let the House know what our government for the people has in store in immediate future for the Ontario Police Site? Questions to the Premier? Well, for you Mr. Speaker, I want to thank our great MPP from the great state of Mississauga, Erin Mow! Yesterday, I know, you can't take a little joke, but anyways, yesterday Mr. Speaker, our Minister of Infrastructure, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sports made a great announcement, an absolutely incredible announcement for a destination that this country has never seen before. We're putting proposals out for ideas across the world and that's going to be open for the next few months. We're going to be reviewing it, but it's going to be an incredible, incredible destination for families. And Mr. Speaker, there's two things we aren't going to do at Ontario Place. The first thing we aren't going to do, Mr. Speaker, we aren't building a casino. The second thing we aren't going to do is there was a proposal from Mayor Tory that he wanted to build... Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Supplementary question. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, to the Premier for his response. I echo his sentiments that he shared about his experiences and I am sure many members of this House have found memories of Ontario Place as well. It is a shame that current generation were not able to experience the site. However, Speaker, the site is 48 years old and needs to be reimagined for the 21st century. We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create a truly great attraction, one that will be something Ontarians will be proud of and will attract tourists from around the world. Speaker, can the Premier please tell the House more about the call for submissions, process and what our government envisioned for the future of this site? The questions are kind of a treat, right? Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to thank our great MPP from Mississauga. We have so many Hall Stars over here. It's amazing. It's absolutely amazing. Mr. Speaker, we have some great ideas, destination, again, the likes of which this province has never seen. We all grew up. Mr. Speaker, I'm sure you went to Ontario Place and a lot of folks over in the opposition in our party grew up there, going there. What a highlight. I know I had some great times in the summertime, going to the man's show. But it's going to consist of a destination that can be used 365 days a year, not just in the summertime, even though it's beautiful down there in the summer. We can't wait till we see the proposals. We look forward to working with the City of Toronto, making sure that the exhibition place and Ontario Place acts as one desk. Thank you. Thank you. Say to the member for Hamilton East, Tony Creek, we don't need the buzzer. Next question. The member for Essence. Thank you very much, Speaker. Good morning. Speaker, my question is to the Premier. Speaker, since coming to office, the Premier has made some shocking interventions into private contracts. Who could forget when he ripped up Ali Khan Velshi's contract at OPG, costing taxpayers a half a million dollars? He also ripped up contracts at Hydro One, which cost Ontario rate payers $103 million U.S. in bungled contracts. Now the Premier has made it clear that his comrade, the finance minister and him were well-speaker. They were just warming up. They claimed they could expropriate without compensation whenever the glorious leader demands it. What contracts do they plan on ripping up next? Next question. The Premier. Members, please take your seats. The Premier. Oh, Mr. Speaker. I'm actually having a lot of fun today. You know, Mr. Speaker, I'm sure the MPP from Essence was talking about the beer store. The monopoly that we've seen since, what was it? I think it was since 1926, somewhere around there, that three multinationals, huge multinational global companies controlling the choice of the consumer in Ontario. The only place in the world, by the way, and it's not a sin, Mr. Speaker. And I'll put my bottom dollar on it, Mr. Speaker, that when they are in the convenience store and they're in the retail stores, and it's a hot summer day, I'm looking over there, there's going to be a lot of thirsty mouths going into those convenience store to get a cold beer. But it's also going to be available in retail stores. So just imagine, Mr. Speaker. Response. I had some folks from the U.S. up here yesterday, and I told them about the beer bottle. They looked at us like we had three heads. That you can't go into a retail store and buy a steak of food and pick up a piece of beer. Thank you. Thank you. The supplementary question. Once again, the Member for Essence. That is, Mr. Speaker, that is unbelievable of an answer from the Premier. Absolutely nothing of an answer. Mr. Speaker. Just. Apologize to the Member for Essence for interrupting him. Start the clock. The Member for Essence has the floor. Trade experts and business analysts have looked at the Premier's beer store scheme and the reviews. Speaker about as bad as his approval rating right now. Speaker, the highlights include, and I quote, flirting with extreme legal danger. Speaker, a public policy gaffe of epic proportions. A horse galloping a muck in a hospital approach to public policy. Speaker, the Premier seems to forget populists are supposed to be popular. Speaker, so why is he plowing ahead with this risky and expensive scheme that could end up costing taxpayers a billion dollars? Speaker, why are you putting that on the back of the taxpayers for your pension for beer? The Member for Sault Ste. Marie must come to order. The Member for Niagara West must come to order. Member for Markhamstowville must come to order. Start the clock. Premier to reply. Minister of Finance. To be clear to the people of Ontario, may not be aware, the government does not own the beer store, as many people believe. It is owned by three multinational global beer companies. Speaker, our parliamentary system, as you know, gives us the tools to get out of that deal signed by the previous Liberal government. Our legislation ensures that we will get the best possible deal for consumers and taxpayers, and we will not be held hostage by multinational companies. This sweetheart deal that the Liberal signed is a terrible deal for Ontario consumers and small businesses, left alone as the NDP would want. This unfair deal would continue for six more years. You have to wonder why these multinational corporations are so opposed to us selling their products in more convenience stores. Thank you. Thank you. The Member for Essex come to order. The Member for Niagara Falls come to order. The Member for Waterloo come to order. Next question. The Member... I think it's time for an independent question. Yeah. I recognize the Member for Don Valley West. Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Education. I'm joined, as I said earlier, this morning by a group of students from my community of Don Valley West and from Don Valley East. Mr. Speaker, the class size changes being implemented by this government will have a direct impact on these students who will find themselves sitting in classes with more students, in schools with fewer adults and with fewer optional courses available to them. The Minister has previously used academic outcomes in countries like China and Vietnam to justify the increase in class size. Both jurisdictions have very test-oriented, highly competitive education systems with notably high levels of student anxiety and depression. A 2019 UNICEF study points to the pressures of school in Vietnam as a major contributor to mental health problems in teenagers. Could the Minister share with us all this morning the studies that she has used that demonstrate a direct link between increased class size and improved student outcomes without accompanying deterioration in student mental health and well-being? Questions to the Minister of Education. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I look forward to continuing this discussion because I think it's rather rich hearing from the member opposite. Her questioning of the manner in which we based our decisions to go forward with education after the disastrous manner in which they totally derailed education in Ontario over the span of 15 years. They actually destroyed our students' opportunity to learn math in a proper way. They destroyed the atmosphere in the school, creating mental health issue after mental health issue. So the study that has led the way and informed the policy that we're making was based on the responses of 72,000 people from across Ontario last fall. 72,000 people to either participate in a telephone town hall online survey or written submissions to tell us how to fix the mess that that member opposite made to education. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. A member for Don Valley East could come forward. I recognize again the member for Don Valley West will have her answer as chair. I will have her fifty five minutes and the bully will report to her offer Dashy. It is dedicated to students living in central Ontario who are supplementary resources. Mr. Speaker, I had the pleasure of attending the opening of the beautiful We need them to be at their very best but they face challenges that the students here today do not for they often have to travel thousands of kilometers to get to high school where they're without the support of their community they're dealing with intergenerational trauma of residential schools and for all those reasons and more they need supports in their high schools so they can graduate and go on to college university or skill training one of the brilliant supports that the Keyweight and Patricia board has put in place is grad coaches mr. Speaker I hope the minister had a chance to meet some of the teachers support staff and community elders who are these grad coaches mr. Speaker given that the administration of the Keyweight and Patricia board is planning for staff pets as a result of the class size increases can the minister today guarantee that the supports that are actually and demonstrably improving opportunity for Indigenous students will not be cut thank you response by the minister of education thank you very much it almost feels like this is a lot and a yet and yes to the member opposite absolutely it was a great day in ensue north ensue lookout last week and you know the vice-principal of that particular school Jenny she was almost in tears when she said thank you thank you for expanding the grad coach program I chose to expand to out of a pilot program that the liberals facilitated it I expanded the program to touch 37 different coaches and 31 school boards to provide support to Indigenous students as they pursue their diploma it's something that's working incredibly well it's something that the member opposite probably should have thought about expanding during her time 3.25 million dollars to support the implementation of the newly released curriculum that we announced in Thunder Bay last week and I look forward I look forward to working with our Indigenous partners as we meet in June to talk about how else we can better support our Indigenous students across Ontario thank you very much the next question is the member for Aurora Oak Bridges Richmond Hill thank you speaker speaker my question is for the minister of finance over the past month we've heard from people across the province about our government's plan to protect what matters most hearing from my constituents has made one thing very clear to me budget 2019 was a resounding success after 15 years of liberal tax and spending policies the people of Ontario were tired and want to change finally their government has put forward a plan that puts people first and will restore accountability and trust in our provinces finances I look forward to joining all my colleagues to vote in favor of the protecting what matters most act later on today would the minister please tell the house the important changes that people of Ontario can't expect if the legislation passes today thank you speaker thank you to the member for Aurora Oak Bridges Richmond Hill the protecting what matters most act turns the page on 15 failed liberal budgets waste mismanagement and hydro scandals finally the people of Ontario have a government that is committed to being open about how we spend their money the proposed fiscal sustainability transparency and accountability act puts people first and restores accountability and trust in the provinces finances once again this is a huge step towards reducing the deficit we inherited from the previous government as I said early they were spending 40 million dollars a day more than they brought in we look forward to bringing transparency to the people of Ontario and hope that all members of this house vote in favor of protecting what matters most thank you thank you minister for his response trust transparency and accountability have been absent for far too long in Ontario speaker by reversing this trend we can implement our plan to protect what matters most while respecting taxpayers and being fully transparent in our in our decisions we're putting people first in everything we do we're providing relief to families and to individuals we're making Ontario open for business and open for jobs and we're doing it all in order to protect the essential services that the people across Ontario rely on with the minister explain how the protecting what matters most act will help us fulfill these commitments bring relief and ensure the sustainability of our critical public services we cannot wait to bring the protecting what matters most act for third reading in just a few more minutes it's unfortunate that the NDP have already made their opposition to this bill clear but it's not too late for them to change their minds it's not too late to join us in voting in favor of the care tax credit which will provide 300,000 families with up to 75% of their eligible childcare expenses the NDP can still vote for modernizing the skill trades and account and apprenticeship back which will make it easier for young people to get the skills they need to find a well-paying job they can still support the PTSD awareness gate an important sign of progress as our government continues to make historic investments in mental health speaker the NDP have the opportunity to do the right thing now and join us in protecting what matters most thanks mr. thank you mr. speaker to the premier given the drastic cuts from this government education future in French and the Norris of Ontario is in danger last week I met several teachers of the francophone school board of my region they were in my office to share their concerns regarding the cuts in education does the premier want to let the francophones know that their children's education is not a priority for his government minister of education referred to the minister of education well thank you very much for the opportunity to talk about what our government is doing and support of francophone education and again I have to thank the member opposite for allowing us the opportunity to stand up in this house and share that over the next year our government will providing will be providing our French language boards with over 1.8 billion dollars increase over what was committed by the previous liberal government you know we are absolutely on the right trajectory in terms of supporting and growing our French education in this province will continue to work with our partners and do the right thing because French education needs to be an important part of our children's education you know I have family members that actually are teaching in francophone schools and I'm hearing firsthand the importance of the of making sure that people have choice and the francophone language and the francophone education response is absolutely paramount in the overall successful in landscape of education in this province and again I say merci beaucoup to a sick thank you thank you thank you mr. Speaker I appreciate the mission mr. answer but there are also about 50 to 70 teachers who will lose their job this summer to the premier again such cuts will have a devastating effect on children's education in my writing you might not know it but about 60 percent of my constituents are francophone we need more substitute teachers and we also need more teachers regular teachers we want francophone education because constituency that is majority a majority of francophone I have to share with the member opposite that the it's said it's too bad that it is really too bad that the people opposite in the party are fear mongering it doesn't matter what language you speak fear mongering is fear mongering and this party just doesn't seem to get enough of it because the fact of the matter is we're investing in francophone education in this province and our partners our education we say that francophone languages and francophone education is paramount in importance to making sure that we have a robust education system in this province and we're leading by example and again in terms of school boards generally speaking I say response surely surely when it comes to the waste that people are pointing to they can find one two possibly four cents on the dollar within their administration as opposed to hitting thank you thank you question the member for Ottawa West Indian thank you Mr. Speaker my question is to my friend the Minister of Education Mr. Speaker through you I know that our government has been clear about our commitment to get education in Ontario back on track this is a key priority for many parents in my riding of Ottawa West Indian for that to happen it is clear that our students need to be prepared with the skills they require to succeed like being able to speak French Mr. Speaker with over a hundred thousand students enrolled in French language schools across Ontario could the Minister please tell us what she is doing to support French language education right here in Ontario questions the Minister of Education thank you very much Ottawa West Indian I know he's doing great work on behalf of his riding and as a member of our caucus I thank you for all you do but I also want to say there's people to say po who is here with us in the gallery as well they're excellent advocates for our French public boards I'm extremely proud of the investments our government is making to ensure the success of our French language education system here in Ontario and I know they're leading by example and I say merci beaucoup again for the manner in which they're leading and cohabitating and making sure capital dollars are well invested they're leading by example in that regard speaker graduation rates are at historic highs and enrollment has increased our government is excited to have French language education in Ontario not only growing but thriving just three weeks ago my parliamentary assistant the member from Niagara Fox or Niagara West announced that our government is investing almost 20 million dollars in projects and initiatives to support students the supplementary question thank you thank you Mr. Speaker and I would like to thank the Minister for her answer I'm very glad to know that our government recognizes the importance of francophone education I'm also very proud that our government does so much to support students and families in our francophone education system Mr. Speaker I know that this investment is essential and will provide a support for the francophone community a support that it needs could the Minister please tell us more on what our government is doing to support francophone school boards as well as their students in Ontario Mr. Speaker Minister there's a fair francophone thank you Mr. Speaker I would also like to thank the member for Ottawa West Nippian for his question it's a very important one I know that today in the galleries we have members of the CPO and all of us here in this in this house can recognize the very important work that they're doing for our francophone school boards would like to thank you on next year our government will provide these schools these school boards more than 1.8 billion dollars Mr. Speaker this investment is essential and represent an invest an investment that is greater than what was provided by the previous government in 2018 2019 Mr. Speaker our government will keep working with their partners in education thank you very much my questions for the Premier this week is National Accessibility Week and while we've made strides in progress in this province it's thanks to disability rights activists around our towns and cities unfortunately the previous government paid lip service to the goal of accessibility and this government's on track to do the same during the election campaign the Premier promised stronger enforcement of accessibility laws a clear strategy to meet accessibility standards examining our building code requirements for accessibility provisions and requiring design professionals to have accessibility training but we didn't hear any announcement in the budget on this and I'm wondering why there's no prioritization of accessibility during National Accessibility Week for this government Minister of Seniors and Accessibility thank you Mr. Speaker thank the member of our position raising the important question I want to assure this House that this government takes our responsibilities for internal living with the disabilities very seriously last week we announced further details of our plan to partner with the Rick Hansen Foundation on their building certification program this $1.3 million we're investing will allow us to perform accessibility audits over 200 buildings over the next two years we know there's more to do but it's also time for real action and we are taking it right now thank you speaker to put that in perspective to what the minister said 1.3 million dollars is less than what the Premier of this government is spending on his own personal lawyer in his office mr. Gavin T people with disabilities deserve more from this government we know that the last government talked a great talk but delivered very little we know that Queens Park the very building in which you and I are working is not fully accessible and that is true across this province health care education transportation our spaces of recreation remain an accessible speaker and we are obliged by law to make this province fully accessible by 2025 tomorrow we are going to be introducing a private members motion that will require us as a legislature to set clear targets on accessibility I have a very clear question for the Premier for the minister will you be supporting this motion tomorrow I will repeat what the operation member said the previous government lost 15 years they did very little like all of they be only say and last 15 years any piece the approach to the last government so you are the same team okay the soul question barrier mr. all right we also highlight in the force the tool a ODA reviews by the charge beer and my own run this report is an indictment of the previous government which your party support for 15 years figure our government is a carefully reviewing is the only report response which we made public faster than either previous report and I will respond to your motion tomorrow thank you mr. speaker restart the clock the next question the member for Perry sound was for the minister of agriculture food and rural affairs Ontario has a robust agriculture and agriculture sector one that our government has long been an advocate for agriculture is a critical component of our provinces economy generating thirty nine point five billion dollars per year and employing over one hundred and seventy thousand people our government is committed to ensuring this sector remains viable and sustainable into the future this week the minister met with the Ontario independent meat processors including processors in the north to discuss issues facing the industry according to the Ontario independent meat processors total meat processing sales in Ontario is valued at two point two billion dollars would the minister please tell the house our government is helping to grow Ontario's meat processing industry and I thank the member from Paris down Moscow for his excellent question this Monday I had the pleasure of hosting a unique online roundtable discussion with northern Ontario meat process to hear firsthand some of the challenge challenges affecting the sector our government is supporting meat processing to help ensure safe high quality food through a recent intake we open through the Canadian agriculture partnership through a targeted intake in February for food safety improvements thirty nine projects were approved to receive up to five hundred and nine thousand dollars in cost-sharing funding these projects will focus on food safety initiatives while also helping processors grow and develop their business I'm pleased to announce that a second intake opened on May the 24th 2019 which will run to August the 30th I encourage meat processors from around the province to apply for the second aid take and look forward continuing to support the industry thank you Mr. Speaker I appreciate the minister's hard work advocating on behalf of Ontario's meat processing right here in Ontario agriculture and agribusiness are vital importance to our province's economy our government is committed to growing agriculture in the north and across Ontario while ensuring Ontarians consume safe and healthy food products I know that farmers in northern Ontario appreciate having a government that listens to them and acknowledges the unique challenges that they face can the minister please tell the house our government is supporting agriculture in the north thanks again Mr. Speaker and thanks to the member for the question our government is working closely with representatives from northern Ontario to hear firsthand the ways we can work together to grow the industry and create good jobs I want to thank the northern meat plants that took part and share their ideas one of the areas that my ministry's advisory group is focusing on led by my parliamentary assistant is how our government can further grow agriculture in the north our government recently announced that we're investing more than 350 thousand dollars in two agriculture companies in Cochrane and Timon supporting five full-time jobs I'm pleased to be working very closely on this file with the minister of energy northern development minds and the indigenous affairs to create and protect jobs and boost local economies in northern Ontario we want to reinforce the north's competitive advantage and make sure northern Ontario like the province is equally open for business I'm proud of the work our government has done so far and look forward to continuing to support agriculture in northern Ontario the next question the member for York Southwest thank you thank you Mr. Speaker my question is to the premier on May 8th I met with a group of constituents who have been suffering due to poor air quality in their neighborhood for years now residents of stockyards neighborhood of York Southwestern have been unable to go works in their neighborhood or send their kids out to play for the toxic noxious chemicals in the air emitted by industry in the neighborhood can the premier commit to founding a solution for the hard-working people of stockyards once and for all begin with the testing of the air quality in this neighborhood the environment referred to the minister the environment Mr. Speaker through you to the member and thank you for the question air quality of us is of a central essential issue for for our government for our province in fact one of the issues that one of the matters that we put forward in our main Ontario environment plan was to advance the cause of real-time air monitoring as the member likely knows much air monitoring is done through modeling and so we have both invested in terms of the ability to to have ministry resources to that monitoring but also worked with industry so that they can do real-time monitoring as opposed to the modeling in the past I would be open however to to getting more details from the member about the specific situation in his neighborhood obviously want to make sure that the standards are being met and that both the industry and the neighborhoods concerns are being covered thank you thank you mr. Speaker again my questions to the premier industry in this talk yards area have been fined over the years to no avail all the while residents have had to suffer and live in fear of their safety and well-being of their loved ones no parents should have to explain to their children why their neighborhood is always stinky or why they cannot go out and play with their friends will the minister commit to founding expedient and effective solution for the people of stock yards and to restore their pride in their neighborhood mr. Speaker I guess again as I said to the member I would be happy to to meet with him and to understand the specifics of this issue but of course mr. Speaker air quality water quality the quality of our soils and land our important priorities for our government and we also believe in making sure that there is pride in our communities pride because we are making sure that we are dealing with the local environmental issues like litter like smell like others so I would be happy to to sit with the member understand the issue better and respond directly to him thank you speaker my question is for the minister of education when our government introduced our first budget it was clear that it was designed to protect what matters most and put Ontarians first after years of ways and mismanagement in this province finally there is a plan that will restore people's trust in government and put money in people's pockets I know that some Ontarians weren't always able to assess high quality and affordable childcare can a minister please explain how the government is bringing relief to Ontarians parents and helping them to assess more options when it comes to childcare from Richmond Hill you know speaker she brings a spark to her job as MPP representing Richmond Health and she's doing a great job since we took office our mandate has been very clear and we want to protect what matters most and that's why we introduced our childcare access and relief from expenses tax credit or care for short this tax credit will give parents not the government control over the childcare decisions they make for their children mr. Speaker this credits families in Ontario with this credit I should say families in Ontario could receive up to $6,000 for every child under the age of seven three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars per child between the ages of seven and sixteen and families who support a child with severe responsibility would be eligible for eight thousand two hundred and fifty dollars per child regardless of the age this credit will allow parents to offset childcare expenses they may incur when starting a new job working longer hours or going back to school and thank you the minister for understanding the need of our families I am so glad that this government believes in empowering parents in my riding in Richmond Hill and all over the province to make this decisions that are best for the children and their families it was always clear that the previous government simply did not listen to the people that's why it is so pleasing to hear that finally we have a government that will support parents and put them in charge of making important decisions for their children could minister please tell me more about the care tax credit and how it bring the greatest relief to parents and families in Ontario putting parents first parents and their children need to be at the centre of every decision that's good that gets made and this crucial support will provide over three hundred thousand Ontario families with funding up to 75% of their eligible childcare expenses families will have the ability speaker to choose the childcare option that is best suited to their children including care in centres in home care or even camps because we know that choosing the appropriate childcare is one of the most important decisions that parent will ever make Mr. Speaker this will make childcare for Ontario families more affordable and more accessible and flexible and this will ensure parents as again well as I said we'll have choice to make the best decisions for their family we cannot take how important this support for lower income families could be in some cases the care tax credit might mean a parent can join the workforce or decide to work more hours you thank you very much thank you speaker my question is to the Premier a report was released on an average monthly rental rates across Canada this report showed St. Catharines had moved up three spots now making it the ninth most expensive city to rent in in all of Canada the cost of a one bedroom rose 5.2% and the cost of a two bedroom rose 5% will above what the people's wages rose by it's no secret that Niagara region is facing an affordable housing crisis and an increase in rental rates will push people further into poverty and even homelessness yet this government gutted projections for renters and removed rent rent controls why is this government making renting more unaffordable for the people in St. Catharines questions to the Premier Minister of Municipal Affairs to the Minister of Municipal Affairs I want to thank the honorable member for the question and I appreciate being in her riding on on Friday we had a an exceptional opening of an affordable housing project and I appreciate her advocacy for that project when she was on council speaker again part of our housing supply action plan and our bill more homes more choice is we realize that there is a record low vacancy rate in this province of probably a 17 or 18 year low we have to have more purpose built rental that's why in our fall economic statement we announced that we would protect existing tenants but but allow an environment with without the rent control so that more purpose built rental can be built in this province and we need a lot of purpose built rental speaker to be able to to have a situation where we can we can deal with that crisis so I appreciate the honorable member indicating that there is a problem in her riding there's a problem quite frankly speaker all across this province thank you very much thank you yes it was Friday that we did attend a grand opening of a new affordable housing built in St. Catharines owned and operated by the Niagara Regional Housing it was a big day for St. Catharines as the issue of affordable housing was kind of addressed however with 85 new units only a very small dent was made in the NRH housing wait list of 16 years currently over 5,500 people right Mr. Speaker it's been about 40 years since the last affordable housing unit was built owned and operated by the Niagara Regional Housing unit where where built in St. Catharines 40 years ago was the last one when will this government take a hard look at the crisis happening now and allocate funding to assist the Niagara region in building more affordable housing units that's exactly what we're doing speaker you know on Friday I acknowledge that one of the reasons why our government announced the community housing renewal strategy before we tabled bill 108 was because of advocates like the ones in Niagara region who indicated that we needed to do a clear make a clear signal right across this province that we want to leverage every single dollar in the system to build renew and expand our community housing system that's why we did it prior to the the tabling of bill 108 the more homes more choice we want our message to our 47 service manager speaker and our two indigenous program administrators is we want to work with you we want to work with you and leverage every dollar you have in the system and importantly speaker every dollar the federal government has in the system we acknowledge and thank the federal government for their renewed interest on the housing fall but all three levels of government all of our profit a non-for-profit partners and all of our our hope thank you thank you very much mr. speaker I mentioned before we just recently announced the opening of viola leisure and I mentioned it was in Curtis but an actual fact is in Bolaville thank you very much we have a deferred vote on the motion for second reading of bill 108 an act to amend various statutes with respect to housing other development and various other matters call in the members this is a five-minute bell please take their seats hate to interrupt the conversations but we have to vote on May the 8th 2019 mr. Clark moves second reading of bill 108 all those in favor of the motion will please rise one at a time and be recognized by the clerk mr. Clark mr. Walsh mr. Thompson mr. Beth and father mr. Fidele mr. Fidele mr. Ford mr. Euras mr. Roni mr. Yakobaske mr. Hardiman mr. Hardiman mr. Tobolo mr. Tobolo mr. Barrich mr. Barrich mr. Martell mr. Mark to mr. McDonnell mr. McDonnell mr. Bailey mr. Fullerton mr. Scott mr. Scott mr. Jones mr. Joe scarborough north mr. Joe scarborough north mr. Rickford mr. Rickford mr. Phillips mr. Miller Perry sound. Mr. Latch mr. Latch mr. Cole mr. Cole mr. Down mr. Down mr. Gill mr. Gill mr. Cook mr. Cook mr. Culland mr. Culland mr. Searmor mr. Parsa mr. Parsa mr. Skelly mr. Skelly mr. Martin mr. Tranta floaters mr. Mr. Ostehoff, Ms. Park, Ms. McKenna, Mr. Nicholls, Mr. Romano, Mr. Harris, Ms. Gamarra, Ms. Hogarth, Ms. Carr-Hulley, Ms. Fee, Mr. Cho Willidale, Mr. Crawford, Ms. Cajun, Mr. Puccini, Mr. Cramp, Ms. Y, Mr. Anon, Mr. Rashid, Mr. Sandu, Mr. Smith-Petibar-Courtha, Mr. Bowman, Mr. Gazetto, Ms. Dunlop, Mr. Kenapathy, Mr. Babikian, Mr. Babur, Mr. Payne, Mr. Tanagassan, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Sabawi. All those opposed to the motion will please rise one at a time and be recognized by the clerk. Mr. Birch, Madam Jelena, Mr. Tavis, Ms. Singh Brampton-Sesson, Mr. Vantal, Mr. Bisson, Ms. Horvath, Mr. Natashak, Ms. Fife, Ms. Sattler, Ms. Begum, Ms. Shaw, Mr. Mamacla, Mr. Yard, Ms. Carpoche, Ms. Lindo, Ms. Armstrong, Ms. Stiles, Mr. Kernahan, Mr. West, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Gates, Ms. French, Mr. Miller-Hamilton-Easton-E-Cree, Mr. Hatfield, Ms. Taylor, Ms. Burns-McGown, Mr. Arthur, Mr. Bourguin, Ms. Bell, Mr. Glover, Ms. Morris, Mr. Rekhosevich, Mr. Harden, Ms. Monteferell, Mr. Hassan, Mr. Fraser, Ms. Wynne, Mr. Shreiner, Mr. Hilliard. The ayes are 64, the nays are 41. The ayes being 64 and the nays being 41. I declare the motion carried. According to the order of the House, dated May 28, 2019, the bill stands referred to the Standing Committee on Justice Policy. We now have a deferred vote on a motion for closure, on the motion for third reading of Bill 100, an act to implement budget measures, and to enact, amend, and repeal various statutes. Call in the members. This is a five-minute bill. In the 15th, 2019, Mr. Fidelli moved third reading of Bill 100, an act to implement budget measures, and to enact, amend, and repeal various statutes. Mr. Downey has moved that the question now be put. All those in favor of Mr. Downey's motion will please rise one at a time and be recognized by the clerk. Mr. Downey. Mr. Walsh. Mr. Walsh. Mr. Walsh. Mr. Walsh. Mr. Walsh. Mr. Walsh. Mr. Walsh. Mr. Walsh. Mr. Walsh. Mr. Walsh. Mr. Walsh. Mr. Walsh. Mr. Walsh. Mr. Walsh. Mr. Walsh. Mr. Walsh. Mr. Walsh. Mr. Walsh. Mr. Walsh. Mr. Walsh. Mr. Walsh. Mr. Walsh. Mr. Walsh. Mr. Walsh. Mr. Walsh. Mr. Walsh. Mr. Walsh. Mr. Walsh. Mr. Walsh. Mr. Walsh. Mr. Walsh. Mr. Walsh. Mr. Walsh. Mr. Walsh. Skelly Mrs. Mark. This is Martin this Shanta philip So car Mr. Ostefalf Mr. Osterhouse Ms. Park Ms. McHenna Mr. McHenna Mr. Nichols Mr. Ramanos Mr. Ramon Mr. Harris Mr. Harris Ms. Gamar Ms. Hogarth Ms. Hogarth Mrs. Kara Halley Mrs. Kara Halley Mrs. B Mrs. B Mr. Cho Willidale Mr. Cropper Mr. Cropper Ms. Kanja Mr. Pachini Mr. Cramp Mr. Cramp Mrs. Why Mrs. Why Mr. Anon Mr. Rashi Mr. Rashi Mr. Sander Mr. Sander Mr. Smith Peterborough All those opposed to the motion will please rise one at a time and be recognized by the Mr. Berge, Ms. Burns-McGow, Mr. Arthur, Mr. Bourguin, Ms. Bell, Mr. Glover, Ms. Morrison, Mr. Kosevich, Mr. Hardin, Ms. Monte-Farrell, Mr. Hassan, Mr. Fraser, Ms. Nguyen, Mr. Couto, Mr. Lalland, Mr. Shreiner, Mr. Hillier. The ayes are 64, the nays are 43. The ayes being 64, and the nays being 43. I declare the motion carried. Mr. Fidelli has moved third reading of Bill 100, an act to implement budget measures and to enact, amend, and repeal various statutes. It is the pleasure of the House that the motion carries. I heard some noes. All those in favor of the motion will please say aye. Ayes. All those opposed will please say nay. And in the ayes have it. Call in the members. This is another five-minute bill. Mr. Fidelli has moved third reading of Bill 100, an act to implement budget measures and to enact, amend, and repeal various statutes. All those in favor of the motion will please rise one at a time and be counted by the clerk. Mr. Bessow and Fark. Mr. Fowler. Mr. Fowler. Mr. Euror. Mr. Euror. Mr. Euror. Ms. Moroni. Ms. Moroni. Mr. Clark. Mr. Clark. Ms. Jacobus. Mr. Jacobus. Mr. Hardivis. Mr. Hardivis. Mr. Burlough. Mr. Burlough. Mr. Burlough. Mr. Burlough. Mrs. Martin. Mrs. Martell. Mr. McDinell. Mr. McDinell. Mr. Bailey. Ms. Bullerton. Ms. O'Rourke. Mr. Gill, Mr. Cuff, Mr. Cullander, Mr. Cervantes, Mr. Cermont, Mr. Parsons, Mr. Scali, Mrs. Martin, Mr. Triantaflopoulos, Mr. Saccaria, Mr. Ostehoff, Mr. Osterhoff, Mr. Park, Ms. McKenna, Mr. Nickle, Mr. Romano, Mr. Harris, Ms. Gamarri, Ms. Hogarth, Mrs. Carr-Hullius, Mrs. Feed, Mr. Cho Willidale, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Cranjit, Mr. Pachini, Mr. Cramp, Mr. Cranjit, Mr. Wye, Mr. Arnaud, Mr. Cranjit, Mr. Cranjit, Mr. Cranjit, Mr. Cranjit, Mr. Cranjit, Mr. Cranjit, Mr. Cranjit, Mr. Cranjit, Mr. Rashid, Mr. Sandu, Mr. Smith, Peterborough, Coerther, Mr. Bowler, Mr. Gazetto, Mr. Dunlaw, Mr. Kanapathy, Mr. Babicki, Mr. Babber, Mr. Payne, Mr. Tadegathe, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Sabawi. All those opposed to the motion will please rise one at a time and begin by the debate. Ms. Shaw, Madam Jellier, Mr. Tabas, Mr. Singh, Ms. Singh Brampton Center, Mr. Vantog, Mr. Bisson, Ms. Horvath, Mr. Nattishak, Ms. Fye, Ms. Sattler, Ms. Beggart, Ms. Beggart, Mr. Mabacock, Mr. Yar, Ms. Carpoche, Ms. Yamanta, Ms. Lindo, Ms. Armstrong, Ms. Stiles, Mr. Kernahan, Mr. West, Ms. Esteban, Mr. Gates, Ms. French, Mr. Miller Hamilton, East Stony Creek, Mr. Hatfield, Ms. Taylor, Mr. Birch, Mr. Burns-McGow, Mr. Arthur, Mr. Bourguest, Ms. Bell, Mr. Glover, Ms. Morrison, Mr. Rekhosevich, Mr. Harden, Ms. Monte-Farrell, Mr. Hassan, Mr. Fraser, Ms. Wynne, Mr. Coutot, Madam Lalonde, Mr. Shreiner, Mr. Hillier. The ayes are 64, the nays are 43. The ayes being 64 and the nays being 43. I declare the motion clear. Be it resolved that the bill do now pass and be entitled as in the motion. There being no further business, this house stands in, is there a point of order? Okay. This house stands in recess until 3 p.m.