 of guests. It's now time for a member. State is the member from Sarnia-Lampton. Thank you Speaker. I'm pleased to rise today to congratulate the local business in Sarnia-Lampton on its receipt of a very special award. Sunright markets, which is founded in Sarnia-Lampton some 33 years ago, has grown, become one of the premier grocery destinations in Southwestern Ontario with three locations serving Sarnia and London. On September the 29th of the 53rd annual Canadian Independent Grocery of the Year Awards in Toronto, Sunright, which is owned by Will and Ingrid Wilmanson, was honoured with induction into the Great Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers Hall of Fame. Despite all the success that Sunright has experienced over the last three decades, the business model today remains the same as it was 33 years ago. Employ a great staff and provide customers the choice of the freshest products and finest signature products anywhere. Owner Will Wilmanson can still be found several mornings each week at the Toronto Terminal, Food Terminal in Toronto. Often he is the first to arrive at 3 a.m. It's because of that passion for quality that Will ensures he brings home the very best produce for Sunright customers. As MPP for Sarnia-Lampton would like to congratulate Will, Ingrid and all the staff of Sunright on their induction into the Independent Grocers Hall of Fame. Thank you. Thank you. Further member status, the member from Hamilton East Stony Creek. Speaker, like many communities in Ontario, the City of Hamilton is suffering from a housing crisis. Nearly 6,000 families are waiting for subsidized housing. One in five renter households spend more than half their income on rent and that's a lot of people because almost a third of the households in my riding rent their homes. And now on top of our broader housing crisis we have a pest investigation crisis. There's been a 600 percent increase in reported bedbuck investations since 2006 and there are especially serious problems in the city's social housing complexes. Community groups in East Hamilton have recorded numerous problems with bedbugs, cockroaches, ants and mice. The city's social housing agency is now spending more than eighth of its annual maintenance budget on pest control. The city's Board of Health has responded by creating a one million dollar pilot project to curtail bedbugs across the city. I hope that the provincial government will look favorably on any request the city may make for assistance. Decades of underinvestment in housing has resulted in chronic state of disrepair in the province's public housing stock. The lack of funding for maintenance is a major contributor to public health problems like pest infestation. I hope that the ministers of municipal affairs and housing and health and long-term care recognize the long-term health and fiscal benefits to improving the living conditions in our public housing stock. Thank you. Member Stinges, the member from Bradkins Springdale. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. While many of us consider breakfast to be a normal start to our day, over 1.15 million Canadian students are at risk of starting their day with an empty stomach. That's one in seven children. Newcomer families and Aboriginal children are at even greater risk. Last month, the Breakfast Club of Canada and Minute Maid teamed up to launch the first ever Minute Maid Breakfast Day in Canada. This new national initiative will raise awareness about the importance of a balanced breakfast and how it plays a role in student success. All students should start the day with well nourished and ready to learn. That is why on October 6th, hundreds of Coca-Cola Canada employees launched the Minute Maid Breakfast Day in Canada by volunteering at Breakfast Club of Canada locations in 25 cities across the country. In Ontario, nine schools in seven cities took part in the launch. They included schools in Barrie, Brampton, Hamilton, Kingston, Ottawa, Toronto and Peterborough. Paul Brennan, the general manager of the Coca-Cola facility in my riding of Brampton-Springdale and the five volunteering employees from Coca-Cola helped out an event that took place at Massey Street Public School in Brampton. The Breakfast Club of Canada and Minute Maid, which is wholly owned and subsidiary of Coca-Cola Limited, have been partners for 15 years. Minute Maid donates the juice free of charge, which they serve according to Canada's food guide. Together they support 1,455 Breakfast Club school programs, serving 25 million free breakfasts annually across the country. Breakfast Days in Canada is an opportunity to highlight this important work and inspire others to get involved and make a difference. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you for the member's statements. The member from Perry Salma's Coca. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a resolution from the village of Berks Falls I wanted to get on the record. Whereas the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, MTCU announced in May that it is ending the Ontario Self-Employment Benefit OSCB program, whereas the OSCB program was designed to provide unemployed individuals who are OR or are recently have been eligible for employment insurance with income and entrepreneurial support while learning to operate a small business. And whereas the program has a 94% completion rate in Muskok over the past five years, and a 76% of businesses launched five years ago remain open, well above industry candidates reported five years survival rate for small businesses. And whereas the 110 new businesses launched by OSCB graduates in Muskoka in the past five years sustain a 142 jobs demonstrating it is successful in giving participants a pathway to self employment and is also an important rural economic development tool. And whereas OSCB programs from rural regions across Ontario have similar reported similar statistics, whereas MTCU's position that entrepreneurial support is available from other service providers overlooks the fact it has not replaced the essential income support component. Now therefore be resolved that the village of Berks Falls recognizes the value of the Ontario Self-Employment Benefit Program to rural communities and requests the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities immediately reinstate the program to a formal evaluation which must include input from delivery agencies and participants is completed. And further that the Ministry ensure any changes to the OSCB program retain both the entrepreneurial and income support components that have made it successful. And Mr. Speaker many municipalities in Paris, South Muskoka have passed this resolution. Thank you for their members, Davis members from Bramley, Coromel. Thank you very much Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker today the first week of November marks 31 years since the sick genocide occurred across India. This genocide though it occurred halfway across the world many of the survivors fled India and settled in this beautiful country of Canada. In fact many of the survivors settled in my writing and these are their lived experiences. These are their actual stories what they went through and what they survived. The reality is the story and the experiences of these individuals would seem almost unbelievable if it was placed in a Canadian context and I want to paint the picture for you. Imagine elected officials in the outskirts of a capital city hiring goons, arming them with weapons, providing them with kerosene which is very expensive and most common folks wouldn't have access to. Using city buses to transport these individuals to the right residents in areas and neighbourhoods where six reside. And then using elector voter lists to identify which homes are sick residents and which homes are not. And then instructing these goons to go out and to target and kill these innocent people simply for their religious affiliation. Imagine that an independent government inquiry confirmed that this heinous act could not have happened but for the organization and planning of elected officials. This is not an imagination this is the reality what people suffered and we must always remember this injustice, lest this injustice occur again. Thank you very much. Thank you. Member from Cambridge. Thank you Speaker. I would like to acknowledge the skill dedication and collaboration exhibited by first responders in my community of Cambridge and North Dumfries on Tuesday October the 20th while responding to a fire at a rural residence. A Cambridge fire truck and Waterloo Region police vehicle were involved in a collision that resulted in both leaving the road. While responding to each scene simultaneously stressed available resources two Cambridge fire trucks stayed behind to assist at the scene of the crash while another two arrived to battle the blaze. Despite being in pain themselves from the collision firefighters from the truck involved in the collision worked with their colleagues to remove the police officer from the vehicle. Due to the critical nature of the accident region of Waterloo paramedic service and orange air ambulance were called in to respond to the accident. Police Chief Brian Larkin confirmed that that officer is now recovering at home. At the scene of the fire Cambridge firefighters was successful in limiting fire damage to the residents and later received assistance from Hamilton and North Dumfries fire services which provided more water and staff. Firefighters police and paramedics provide invaluable service to the citizens of Cambridge North Dumfries and indeed all other Ontarians. This incident shows that first responders service is not without risk and sacrifice as they work to ensure the safety of citizens and still come home at the end of the day. We should all be thankful for their work. Thank you. Thank you for the member status the member from Dufferin Callaghan. Thank you speaker I rise today to share a resolution by the township of Malankham that was endorsed by Dufferin County regarding opposing the sale off of Hydra 1. The resolution states whereas the public electricity system in Ontario is a critical asset to the economy and vital to the living standards and well-being of all Ontarians and whereas it is essential that Ontarians maintain public control and public decision-making with respect to electricity and whereas experience in other jurisdictions shows that privatization typically means consumers pay more whereas a privatized Hydra 1 will no longer be subject to scrutiny by the auditor general the ombudsman the financial accountability office or the integrity commissioner and will no longer be required to provide information or services to citizens under the freedom of information and protection of privacy act the public sector salary act or the French language services act and whereas our public electricity system currently generates hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for the provincial government every year to help pay for public services we all depend on and whereas the sale of shares in Hydra 1 will provide a short-term financial gain for the province in exchange for a much longer-term financial loss whereas the provincial government has no mandate from voters to sell off any part of Hydra 1 therefore be it resolved that the township of Melanchthon call on the provincial government to halt the sale of any part of Hydra 1 and maintain Hydra 1 a public asset for the benefit of all Ontarians strengthen Hydra 1 by investing in the next generation and upgrading our electricity transmission infrastructure. Speaker the financial accountability officer has also noted the sales of that deal. Thank you. Thank you. Members. Members from Ottawa all the way. Thank you Mr. Speaker. Celebrated a milestone from the Francophone community of Ottawa. I had the pleasure of attending Le Bal d'Arribland where more than 400 persons gathered to celebrate the 25th anniversary of La Cité the largest French language college in Ontario. We have to be proud that in 2015 the Collège La Cité has been the home of 30 000 graduates since their opening in 1990. As you are well aware Mr. President French education has always been a priority for our government and that achievement of La Cité makes us very proud. I would like to congratulate the chair of this of this university Madame Lise Bourgeois for her commitment to French education. The night went very well and we celebrate 25 years of Francophone education and we've celebrated all the people who graduated from this Ontario of this university. We have to be very proud that La Cité is a strong open and modern college in our constituency. Thank you. Thank you Mr. Speaker. I appreciate the opportunity to reference climate change. Ontario's action on climate change and how we are working towards a cleaner brighter future is imperative to the future of generations to come. So important is climate change that Pope Francis has written a groundbreaking environmental encyclical Laudato Si and translated that means praise BGU which is a line from the canticle of the sun which is the religious song composed by St. Francis of Assisi which overall proposes a moral framework and a new way of thinking about our relationship with nature. The encyclical is the first encyclical devoted to environmentalism and second it addressed to everyone on earth not just the bishops of the church in third while there are elements of caffeine teaching it is not the focus of the church doctrine the papal encyclical calls on every person on the planet to make safeguarding the environment and battling climate change an urgent priority in the 21st century. I'm proud of our government's leadership our Premier Kathleen Wynn and Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Glen Murray are tackling this climate change head on. A low carbon economy is well underway in Ontario with a coal-free electricity transit electrification electric and hybrid vehicles and emission-free renewable energy and finally Ontario has set a long and short-term goals fighting climate change and has a seeks to be a leader in climate change by building a strong carbon neutral economy communities infrastructure and energy. Thank you. I'm proud that Ontario is working towards that end. Thank you Mr. Speaker. Take all members for their statements.