 is now time for Question Period, the leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition. Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Premier. The Liberals can't seem to get anything right when it comes to the energy file. The waste never seems to end. $12 million wasted on consultants and advertisements. $28 million losing a lawsuit for a project that hasn't even been built. And the newest scandal, Mr. Speaker, an $81 million account in air by the Independent Electricity System Operator or the IESO. Just like that, the IESO's deficit grew by $81 million. Mr. Speaker, are the Ontario ratepayers on the hook for $81 million liberal account in air? Yet again, how does this keep on happening, Mr. Speaker? The member opposite should know that there are no additional impacts to ratepayers. I believe this is an issue that goes back to 2010, Mr. Speaker. The $70 million in savings from our recent Quebec Agreement remains a net savings to Ontario ratepayers. And as I say, the issue that the member is referencing is something that goes back to 2010. There are no additional impacts on ratepayers from that issue, Mr. Speaker. Thank you. A supplementary member from Renfrew Nivis in Pembroke. Not quite the answer I got from the Deputy Minister this morning, but so much for being transparent, the Liberals have tried to hide this $81 million mistake. The public accounts say that they have applied to the Ontario Energy Board to raise rates to correct this liberal accounting error. I hardly think that it's ethical for the Liberals to hide hydro bills to make up for their mistakes. Speaker, has the $81 million in hydro rate increase been approved by the OEB? And how much more can a family expect to pay to make up for this liberal accounting error? Minister of Energy. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And I thank the Honourable Member for his question. As we said in committee, we need to be very clear from the outset that there is no new additional impacts to ratepayers. Accounting experts determined over which periods these payments would need to be recovered. And this was done in 2010, Mr. Speaker, and all government agencies and used these standards, Mr. Speaker, they changed from GAP to PSAB. So last week in the House, Mr. Speaker, we passed legislation to save 5 million Ontarians 8% on their electricity bill. And this week, Mr. Speaker, the Opposition is talking about accounting practices for pension payments dating back from 2010 that have previously been disclosed through several years' worth of public accounts. In the speech from the throne, Mr. Speaker, we announced regulations to save up businesses to one-third of their energy costs. This week, the Opposition is talking about accounting practices and disclosures from years ago, Mr. Speaker. We'll continue to stay focused on the issues, Mr. Speaker, while they just shake their fists at things, Mr. Speaker. In the middle of the hustle and bustle, I also heard some implements going off, and I'm going to remind all members, do not leave your blackberries or your instruments on the top of your desks. As they go off, they still get picked up by the AV stuff, and it also is harmful to those that have got the earphones on that are trying to hear this. So let's please all keep our implements away. Final supplementary, the member from the... This is another $81 million liberal scandal that this government is trying to sweep under the carpet here this morning. Speaker, back to the Premier. In just the past two weeks, it's been revealed that this government wasted $12 million on consultants and advertisements, another $28 million in the Windstream lawsuit, and lost another $81 million through an accounting error. I'll trust the Auditor General's accounting before I trust this Liberal government's accounting any day of the week, Mr. Speaker. This means the Liberals wasted with all of these three scandals over the last week, another $121 million with the stroke of a pen. We know this is a former federal NDP, but congratulations with these scandals. You've now officially become a Liberal Cabinet Minister in Ontario. So Mr. Speaker, how much will families be expected to pay to make up for this latest $121 million worth of Liberal scandal, waste and mismanagement? Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I know the Honourable Member likes to focus on my past, but this government focus on Ontario's futures, Mr. Speaker. You know, on this side of the House, Mr. Speaker, we know that back in 2010 there was accounting practices that have changed and in accordance with expert guidelines, Mr. Speaker, all government practices have changed in relation to that. They went from GAP to the PSAB, Mr. Speaker. What we've done on this side of the House is make sure that we continue to focus on a clean, reliable system. When we're talking about the details of this accounting change, Mr. Speaker, the Opposition obviously has no plan when it comes to energy. They can't see the force for the trees, Mr. Speaker. The only thing that they can see are the big coal piles that they would like to bring back into Ontario and start firing up these coal plants, Mr. Speaker. We have now invested in a clean. The member from Prince Edward Hastings will withdraw. Draw. I'm not amused. Wrap up, please. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Just on Friday, we announced an agreement that will take $70 million out of costs out of our system, Mr. Speaker, that we've actually worked with Quebec over three years in establishing and that will help answer all families in this province, Mr. Speaker. We're very proud of that agreement. Thank you. Good question. The member from Dufferin Callaghan. The question is for the Premier. You know, repeating a myth doesn't make it accurate. The first coal-fired plant that was closed in Ontario was closed by an Ontario piece. Frost, Dufferin Callaghan are sharing the effects of skyrocketing hydro bills and what it's doing to their businesses. One business owner told me the government hopes to retain what little manufacturing remains in Ontario. They should be very concerned with this issue. Soaring hydro rates have an impact on our ability to spend on capital expenditures and increase wages. I agree. This government has destroyed our provinces once-proud manufacturing sector because of skyrocketing energy rates and it is deterring new businesses from creating jobs in Ontario. Will the Premier finally come with a real plan to make energy affordable for Ontario businesses? Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm very pleased to rise and answer the question, especially when it comes to the success stories that we have on this side of the House, Mr. Speaker, that the government has invested in and helping small businesses right across the province, Mr. Speaker. The ICI program is something we should all be proud of, Mr. Speaker. Over 300 businesses currently participate in that. 800 megawatts in savings that save all businesses and all families money, Mr. Speaker. I talked about a few examples last week, but let me bring up another one, Mr. Speaker. The Chestwood Arena in North York received about $56,000 in incentives from the Save on Energy program to upgrade their ice rink control system and lighting. The retrofit, Mr. Speaker, not only delivered annual savings of $70,000, but it also improved ice skating conditions at the rank, Mr. Speaker. I know these programs help conserve energy while saving businesses money, but we also have many more examples. Six auto part manufacturers and Guelph, two food processing plants in Brampton, 10 assorted manufacturing plants in the York region, a textile plant in Woodstock. All of these places are benefiting from the programs that we have in place to help small businesses, Mr. Speaker. Supplementary. A member from Simple Brampton. Mr. Speaker, a supplementary is for the Premier. Not long ago, I received a letter from Mr. Brian Tory of Stainer, who wrote to me to say Ontario's electricity rates are scandalous. Mr. Tory is a senior on a fixed income and says his hydro bill has increased by 35% in the last two years. Like thousands of others, Mr. Tory finds Ontario's skyrocketing electricity rates completely unacceptable. Mr. Tory wrote that he would like the Premier to visit him and explain why her government has created such a mess with Ontario's electricity system. So, Mr. Speaker, will the Premier agree to visit Mr. Tory and offer him an explanation? Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I thank the Honourable Member for his question. The important thing for this government to do is continue to move forward with our programs and our plan on energy, Mr. Speaker, and how we can save families and save seniors some money on their electricity bill. We've done that, Mr. Speaker, just last week. We passed the bill that relates to the 8% reduction on helping families and helping individuals and seniors like Mr. Tory. I think it's important that the opposition let him know that this is going to happen on January 1st of 2017. It is good news. We also have the OESP program, Mr. Speaker, and I'm not sure of all the details that relate to Mr. Tory's case, but if he does heat his home with electricity, Mr. Speaker, then he can qualify with the OESP program, Mr. Speaker. I have up to $75 a month, Mr. Speaker. So, I'm more than happy to ensure that Mr. Tory and all seniors and all families right across this province are aware of the great programs that we have in place to help families and to help seniors. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Final supplementary, the member from the East Green Bay. Thanks, Speaker. My question is also to the Premier. Speaker, in addition to soaring costs and unreliable power, the government's energy system has a new way to make it harder for businesses. Louise Severson of Severson Cleaners in Brockville is one of many business owners contacting me about Hydro One's deposit charges. After decades of being an outstanding customer, Louise had a slightly late payment. She was immediately hit with a $1,300 deposit charge. I think that's outrageous, but it gets worse, Speaker. A letter and a personal call from her bank couldn't void the charge. She had to spend $100 on a credit check. Speaker, the Premier can claim this isn't her fault, but the buck stops with her. She's in charge. Does she agree, Speaker, that this is wrong, and will she join me in demanding Hydro One stop gouging businesses with these charges? Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I do want to thank the member for bringing forward that question and talking about, you know, businesses within his writing, because we do have programs to support businesses right across the province, from Southern Ontario to Northern Ontario to Eastern Ontario to Central Ontario, Mr. Speaker. We have great programs in place that help businesses with their electricity costs if they're having a difficult time, Mr. Speaker. So, you know what, when you look at many of the programs that we offer, Mr. Speaker, to help small businesses, I hope that the member is talking to this individual about the Save on Energy program. That Hydro One would be able to offer this business, because they are offering these businesses right across these programs to businesses right across the province, Mr. Speaker. You know what, I can talk about many programs, one in Thunder Bay, Mr. Speaker, the Canada Malting Company. They invested in the Save on Energy program, got about two million dollars back and a seven million dollar cost, and they're saving a million dollars a year, Mr. Speaker, on their energy costs, creating more jobs in the right way, Mr. Speaker. Thank you. New question. The member from Toronto Danforth. Thank you, Speaker. Speaker, my question for the Premier. When the Liberal Government cancelled gas plant contracts for purely political reasons, it cost taxpayers over a billion dollars. Does the Premier know how much it will cost the people of Ontario to cancel the 5.5 billion dollar signed contract with Windstream? Thank you, Mr. Speaker. When it relates to Windstream, Mr. Speaker, we are well aware that the Tribunal has provided us with 20 days to work with our federal counterpart, the federal government, to do our due diligence and make take all, look at all aspects of this, Mr. Speaker, to make sure that, you know, we get this right. But when it comes to, you know, our investments in this province and our investments in the electricity system, Mr. Speaker, we've actually brought forward 18,000 megawatts of renewable energy, Mr. Speaker, and that's something we should all be proud of. When you look at coal, the next best thing in reducing our GHGs, Mr. Speaker, is the 18,000 megawatts that we've brought online of our renewable energy. And when it comes to natural gas firing, Mr. Speaker, I think that's important for us to talk about the Quebec deal. That's something we should all be very proud of because the two terawatts of power that we are bringing in from Quebec, Mr. Speaker, will be directly targeted towards the natural gas peaking plants, Mr. Speaker, which will reduce our GHGs even further. Thank you. Supplementary. Well, Speaker, it's clear they don't like this question. Signing the windstream contract has already cost taxpayers $25 million, plus $3 million in legal fees, because an after-tribunals says the contract is still in force and the province has put it on hold. If the government was committed to producing public power instead of signing lucrative contracts with private energy companies, Ontario's energy system would be free to serve the public interest, instead of being tied up in courtrooms and after-tribunals. When Liberals and Conservatives signed private energy contracts, it means putting the interests of big corporations ahead of the needs of the people of Ontario. How much more are Ontarians going to have to pay because the Liberals signed a $5.5 billion contract with windstream? How much more? Thank you, Mr Speaker. And of course, I'm happy once again to answer this question. Mr Speaker, as I've said before, we have 20 days, Mr Speaker, to review this case. The question that the member brought forward is purely speculative, Mr Speaker, and there's full of speculation. But what I can talk about, Mr Speaker, are facts. Facts that we've invested in renewable energy, Mr Speaker. Facts that we've invested in nuclear energy, Mr Speaker, creating hundreds of thousands of jobs and providing base load contracts, base load power for the province, Mr Speaker. We're very proud of the system that we have in place. It's clean, it's green, it's reliable, Mr Speaker. On this side of the house, we don't know where they're coming from. They're not in favour of renewable, they're not in favour of nuclear, they're not in favour of so many things, Mr Speaker. They have no plan. Both opposition parties, Mr Speaker, have no plan when it comes to energy. On this side of the house, we have a plan and we're acting on it. Thank you. Well, if this is your plan, it's a very scary thought. When our government invests in the energy sector, it should be for the benefit of everyone in Ontario. Signing contracts with for-profit, private energy companies leaves Ontarians on the hook for billions of dollars if those contracts are cancelled. We saw it with the gas plants. We're seeing it with a sell-off of Hydro-1, which will benefit shareholders over regular Ontarians too. My question to the Premier is this, what will it cost this time to get out of a contract that the government is cancelling to serve its own political interests just before an election? Thank you, Mr Speaker. We're very, very proud of the electricity system that we have in the province, Mr Speaker. We have an adequate supply of power. The ISO have told us that very clearly, Mr Speaker, and so when looking at the power that we have in our province, Mr Speaker, there was no need for us to continue to move forward with the LRP2 decision, Mr Speaker, so we are able to suspend that and actually save $3.8 billion to the ratepayers, Mr Speaker, because we know that's important. We understand that some families are having difficulty when it comes to their hydro bills, so finding ways to help them, Mr Speaker, is important for this government. When we've done just that, we made sure that we brought forward our bill, Mr Speaker, that's reducing and permanently reducing bills by 8 percent come January 1st. 330,000 families that live in rural, remote, or some northern parts of the province, Mr Speaker. We'll see that reduction go up to 20 percent. The ICI program, as I talked about earlier, Mr Speaker, is helping businesses right across the province and we're looking forward to helping them all, Mr Speaker. Thank you very much. Any questions to members from Kitchener and Waterloo? Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. You know, this past week and I was in my riding and there was lots of questions about e-health. This is to the Premier. The modernization of e-health, the optimization, the leveraging of e-health. This Premier and her Liberal government seem obsessed with privatization. Private energy contracts that build and profit margins for companies, selling off hydro one to the private sector and now asking their privatization expert, Ed Clark, to figure out the sale price of e-health asset. If she is not planning to sell apart or all of e-health, why did the Premier and the Minister of Health in his letter ask Mr Clark to figure out how much money the province can get for it? It's a good question. Mr Speaker, I have to repeat it as many times as I need to, that e-health is not for sale nor are any of its components the records that are held within. In fact, Canada Health InfoWave, a large degree, inspired us to approach Ed Clark because Canada Health InfoWave has valued electronic medical records in the e-health system in Ontario as providing substantial benefits to the province and has actually attached a dollar value to that. And I think it's important as we look forward to taking advantages of opportunities, new technologies, the strength that we have already seen in the building of e-health in this province, that we look at the assets that we have. We do an inventory to see what assets we have and we use that to build a stronger e-health program. We identify if there are gaps, we fill those gaps. It allows us to invest more in consumer public facing e-health aspects as well. This is the kind of work that Ed Clark is helping us with. Supplementary. Thank you very much. Well, Mr Speaker, Mr Clark spent $6.8 million on consultants to come to the conclusion that the province should sell off Hydro One. Now the Premier and her Minister of Health have asked them to put a value on e-health. Surely Mr Clark won't be doing this alone for free. How much will the people of Ontario be paying the high price consultant so that Mr Clark can make the case to privatize our e-health assets? Thank you, Minister. Well again, Mr Speaker, we're not selling e-health. We have no plans to. We won't be selling it. But I want to talk. It gives me the opportunity to talk about those assets that we're asking Ed Clark to value, where in about a decade ago, less than a million Ontarians actually were benefiting from electronic medical records. And today, more than 10 million Ontarians have an electronic medical record. And there are 12,000 providers that are providing that service to them. Right down to the family doctor or nurse practitioner where we know that more than 80% of primary care providers are using electronic medical records in their practice. We have medication history is accessible for all our seniors. That's accessible in all our hospital and emergency rooms. Imagine that before, when I was practicing as a doctor in a hospital, I would have to go into the background and pull the files for seniors, which would often be very big. Now we have access, immediately access to their medication list for seniors in hospitals. Thank you. Final supplement. Thank you very much. Well, you know modernization, optimization, leveraging e- health. We need a privatization thesaurus on this side of the house to keep track of what's happening with this government. The hydro one sell-off has been disastrous for the people of this province. The FAO confirmed we will be in a deficit position after the next election because of revenue loss. We've also seen rates so high that families are forced to choose between saving for their children's future or paying for their bills. This is the reality of the people of this province. Consultants are about the only group who have done well by the premier's wrong-headed sell-off. The people of this province paid the last consultant bill of $6.8 million. Will the premier tell us now how much will it cost Ontarians in consultant fees for her to decide to sell off another vital public asset, our e- health asset? Partridge, thank you. You know the third party can spin this or try to spin this any way they want. But the truth is, Mr. Speaker, we're not selling e- health. We actually want to make it better and stronger. Take advantage of the expertise that exists in this province and indeed around the world. We're going to be doing it. It's explicit in my letter in concert with the Information and Privacy Commissioner because Paramount is the protection of that health data of individual Ontarians. But we have to admit that even for laboratory lab test results, we have more than almost three billion lab test results for nearly 10 million Ontarians stored digitally, stored electronically. We have more than 700,000 hospital reports that are sent digitally every day to patients' primary care providers so their family doctors can provide better care. This is an amazing system that we've built up over the past decade. We have much more work to do by having Mr. Clark look at the answer. He can help us understand how we can make a strong system even stronger. Thank you. New question, member from York Central. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Today my question is to the Premier. Don Chapman and Jim Chapman are the owners of Lakeview Vegetables. They are here today in the gallery to join us. They have made many efforts to reduce and conserve power. The nature of this vegetable processing work is both energy-intensive and weather-dependent. This year, their bill is set to exceed $1 million, 67% since 2013. This hydro usage hasn't differed much. But the bill sure has. This year, they hired a paid hydro consultant. The consultant says that the best option for them is to actually use more hydro. Yes, more hydro. Question. You heard that correctly. You see, by using more hydro, they have a chance to apply to a different class of hydro user. Crazy. They expect that doing so might save them $100,000 a year. Premier, my constituents. I stand you sit please. Premier, Minister of Energy. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you for bringing forward that question because I think it's very important for us to talk about what we did with the bill that passed last week, Mr. Speaker. We're actually lowering the threshold for many businesses that couldn't qualify for the ICI program. All right, Jim. Finish, please. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So I'm very happy to be able to tell them that they actually need to talk, contact their local utility to see if they do qualify for this because we've lowered it from three megawatts, Mr. Speaker, to one megawatt, Mr. Speaker. That's over a thousand other businesses across this province, Mr. Speaker, that can qualify for the ICI program. And I know many greenhouse growers in the Southwest of the province are very excited about this, Mr. Speaker, because they will now be able to qualify for this. And that savings, Mr. Speaker, is significant. It's up to a third, a third of their electricity bill, Mr. Speaker, that they will be able to qualify for by this change that we passed in this house last week, Mr. Speaker. Good. Supplementary, and member from the Hullamine McMuffel. Well, back to the Premier, and we just heard about the pressure on the processing vegetable sector and as the Interior Chamber of Commerce reports, a 383 percent increase in hydro bills on this government's watch. When will the Premier stop signing energy contracts we don't need? The LPR, too, has been suspended, but the Minister of Energy has said himself, projects under an earlier program known as LRP-1, that includes all the FIT programs will still go forward. With business and residential paying the bill, when will the Premier stop selling surplus energy at a loss? When will the Premier restore basic economics, matching supply and demand, for example, and restore rational decision-making to Ontario's electricity? Can you see it, please? Can you see it, please? Thank you. Oh, I know you are. Very sorry. Minister. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm very pleased to rise and, of course, answer this question because on this side of the House, Mr. Speaker, we're very proud of the work that the Minister of Agriculture is doing with all of our farmers right across the province, meeting the goal of the Premier to make sure that we have 120,000 more jobs in this sector, and we're doing that, Mr. Speaker, by making sure that we can work with them when it comes to energy, Mr. Speaker, by the ICI program, for example, because we can see, Mr. Speaker, the benefits that many of these businesses can get, especially in the agriculture sector, when they reduce their bills from the ICI program, and many small farms, Mr. Speaker, will also benefit from the 8% reduction that we're going to see come January 1st. But the one thing, Mr. Speaker, that I do have to comment about, and when you talked about rational, on this side of the House, Mr. Speaker, we're very proud of making sure that we closed all coal-fired generation in this province, Mr. Speaker, on that side of the House, Mr. Speaker, the PC party, they are very pro-coal, Mr. Speaker. That's the only way that they can talk about getting things back to the way they were, Mr. Speaker. It's unfortunate, Mr. Speaker. Thank you. New question. Member from London, Fanshawe. My question is to the Premier. This hour, we have just learned about a horrific multiple murder investigation in Woodstock and London. Police have revealed at least eight elderly residents of long-term care homes were murdered between the years 2007 to 2014. Our hearts go out to the families and loved ones of these victims. But there is a genuine question that people are asking this morning. How do murders go undetected for nearly 10 years inside any long-term care home in Ontario? Thank you very much. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. So I want to join the member opposite in recognizing that this is an extremely distressing and tragic, tragic thing for all of the families involved, Mr. Speaker. I don't think there's anyone in this legislature who would not agree that this is a tragic, tragic circumstance. I know that the member opposite knows that it would be inappropriate for me to comment on an ongoing police investigation. The police have made it clear that there is no threat to safety and we now need to let the police do their job, Mr. Speaker. Thank you. Stop on the floor. Speaker, of course the investigation is ongoing and the matter is before the courts. But these horrific multiple murders raise serious questions of oversight by the Ministry of Health and long-term care. And they need to be asked, Mr. Speaker. And again, my question is straight forward. How do eight murders happen in long-term care homes without the Ministry noticing? Mr. Speaker, of course long-term care. All right. Attorney General. Attorney General. Mr. General. Thank you. Thank you very much, Speaker. And I do want to echo the sentiments that were expressed by the Premier and the member opposite about how extremely distressing time this must be for the families who are involved in these cases. It's been stated appropriately, Speaker, that it would be highly inappropriate for any one of us to comment extensively on the ongoing police investigation. Police has made it clear that there is no threat to safety. And we do, Speaker, now have to let the police do their investigative work in this matter. Speaker, I also want to inform the House that the Woodstock Police Service has set up a phone number for people to share any investigation any information as it relates to the investigation. And that phone number is 519-537-2323. Thank you. Thank you. New question. The member from Kingston in the islands. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Energy. In 2014, Ontario signed a memorandum of understanding with Quebec regarding electricity trade. The MOU involved an exchange of electricity capacity, 500 megawatts of wintertime capacity was provided to Quebec from Ontario in exchange for an equivalent amount in return for the summer months. Speaker, this deal was beneficial for both provinces because it helped ensure electricity supply for both provinces when we need it most. In Quebec, they need electricity during the coldest winter days due to their use of electric heat. In Ontario, we need it at the height of summer. This MOU helped to ensure both of our provinces have the supply that we need at these times. Last week, Ontario announced with Quebec a landmark agreement which builds upon this existing electricity trade with a new expanded deal. Speaker, through you to the Minister, could the Minister please inform this House about the new electricity trade agreement with Quebec? Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I also want to thank the member for that question and her tireless work for her constituents in Kingston. I was honoured last week to stand with the premiers and my colleagues and counterparts from Quebec. As we announced this landmark seven-year deal that will help make electricity in Ontario more clean, more reliable, and more affordable, Mr. Speaker. As the member noted, electricity demand peaks at different times in our provinces and that means there is an opportunity to coordinate our electricity systems in a way that's beneficial, Mr. Speaker, for both provinces. Through the expanded electricity trade deal, our province is set to import up to two terawatt hours of clean hydro power from Quebec annually. Enough power to power the entire city of Kitchener for a year, Mr. Speaker. The deal will reduce our system costs in our province by about 70 million dollars over the course of the deal, Mr. Speaker. That's right. And just as importantly, the imports of cheap hydro electricity from Quebec will offset reliance on natural gas power plants, Mr. Speaker. I look forward to answering more in the supplementary. Mr. Speaker, thank you to the minister for that response. One other part of this deal is an agreement around the storage of electricity. Electricity storage is an exciting new field which has many implications for the future management of our system. Ontario has taken a prudent approach to exploring the value and potential of electricity storage with many of the technology still at an early stage. That's good. I look forward to future discussions with St. Lawrence College, for example, regarding their energy programs and these new technologies of the future. One long standing version of electricity storage is the hydroelectric dam. The ability to store water in a reservoir to be run through a generator only once it's needed, similar to the system that's being used at Beck Generating Station at Niagara Falls. As part of this deal, Hydro Quebec will allow Ontario to take advantage of its hydro storage capacity. Question. Mr. Speaker, through you to the minister, could the minister of energy please explain why this type of storage delivers value to Ontario right here? Thank you. Minister. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I want to thank the member for that question and highlighting a very important part of this trade, electricity trade deal, Mr. Speaker. As part of our electricity trade agreement, Quebec has offered to store up to 500 gigawatts of electricity for Ontario at night, and this power will then be returned to Ontario during the day, Mr. Speaker, and for context, this is 500 gigawatt hours of power could power about 56,000 homes for an entire year, Mr. Speaker. And the reason this is so beneficial that electricity is often much cheaper at night, Mr. Speaker. A lower demand for electricity drives down the price and many generation sources including nuclear, wind and hydro can produce energy at night that could be used at later hours, Mr. Speaker. So Ontario is able to produce the electricity cheaply at night, store it in Quebec and bring it back to Ontario during the day when it's most needed. Our government, Mr. Speaker, will continue to pursue every opportunity to ensure that we have a clean, reliable and affordable system for all Ontarians. New question. Remember from Oxford. Mr. Speaker, my question is to the Premier. Premier, the temperature is dropping in winters approaching. Ontarians are scared of their hydro bills. I heard from a mother whose hydro bill was almost $600 a month last month, last winter. Every morning her family woke up in a freezing house. They were left in the cold until she could get the Woodster stove going because she couldn't afford the electric heat. She said it was like living in 1900. Even little things like pizza days and art classes had to be cut. What does the Premier have to say to this mother of three who has scared her family will once again live in the cold because of the cost of hydro? Thank you. Thank you. Minister of Energy. Minister of Energy. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm very pleased to rise and answer the question from the honourable member. Mr. Speaker, you know what it's very important for us on this side of the House to understand that some families are having difficulty when it comes to their hydro bills Mr. Speaker and that's why we are so pleased that our bill that's actually going to help families reduce their bill by 8% permanently reducing the provincial HST portion on their bills come January 1st Mr. Speaker. But you know we also did many things even before that Mr. Speaker. You know what we ensured that the debt retirement charge has been eliminated for families Mr. Speaker. The OESP program which they I know don't like Mr. Speaker. We on this side of the House absolutely like of Mr. Speaker it felt helps families with $45 a month if they heat their home with electricity and I don't know the details relating to the specifics of that family but if they do heat their home with electricity Mr. Speaker they can get $75 a month on top of the other programs that I talked about Mr. Speaker that's a very big benefit for this family Mr. Speaker. Supplementary member from the Ian Carlson. Thank you very much Mr. Speaker. My question back to the Premier Chris Burton is a manager at Century Position in Ottawa he reached out to me over the summer I went to visit him he told me that Century Precision was considering winding down one of their subsidiaries because their hydro rates are just too high he said quote she couldn't care less about the number of companies that close due to the high cost of electricity Century Precision is one of the many businesses in the P and Carlton facing the prospect of shutting down or moving their operations into a more business friendly jurisdiction quote Premier Wins government has made it all but impossible to do business in Ontario and be profitable he told me I have not given an increase to my staff in eight years not even a cost of living increase we are in survival mode so I ask how will the Premier address the businesses like Century Precision who can't even afford to maintain the cost of living increases for their employees and how for Ontario it's supposed to be done here Minister growth Mr. Vakonomic you've only grown Mr. Speaker I'm absolutely sure that the member opposite explained to that business that we are indeed the most competitive jurisdiction in all of North America and it comes to operating a good business I'm sure Mr. Speaker that she explained to that business that they're soon going to get an 8% cut in their energy rate which is very significant savings Mr. Speaker I'm sure she explained that to him I'm sure she also explained to the Mr. Speaker that we've entirely eliminated the capital tax that that business would have been paying something her party didn't support but something we did and I'm sure Mr. Speaker they've also told that business that we now have the lowest effective corporate tax rate in all of North America 13% lower Mr. Speaker than our than the competition in the United States I'm sure that member shared all of those facts with the minister and I'm very confident that business if they do the math will want to stay in Ontario and continue to grow like so many other businesses on Mr. Speaker Good question the members of Moscow thank you speaker and my questions to the minister of community safety and correctional services speaker last week the minister announced changes to disciplinary segregation in the provinces jails and yet another review but based on data received by the human rights commission a majority of inmates are isolated for reasons other than discipline 40% were for mental health and this liberal band aid does nothing to address that the data has a name speaker 23 year old Adam Capay locked up in isolation for nearly four years under artificial light 24 hours a day I'm sure that I saw Adam when I toured the Thunder Bay Jail and the minister would have to how does this government's changes to segregation help Adam Capay today thank you and I want to thank the member opposite for asking this question very serious question and one on this side of the house that we are acting on and that's why last week speaker I announced these changes in relation to segregation and I have had an opportunity to sit down with Ontario's Human Rights Commissioner Renew Monhaen I've also spoken to the Ontario Ombudsman about this and so speaker we've introduced changes in our correctional facilities where segregation will be used only as a last resort where there is no other viable option and we've also reduced it from 30 days to 15 days for disciplinary segregation we've created a weekly segregation committee review that will review the cases of every individual in segregation and we've eliminated the loss of all privileges related to segregation and we are improving the data collection speaker there are there is important work to do as part of our transformation in our correctional system and we're doing that work speaker thank you supplement thank you speaker segregation is the last resort it's hard to make something a last resort when the government has cut all supports and it has become the only option this government's knee jerk announcement about segregation came a day after the minister knew his ministry's data was going to be released by the human rights commissioner this government has spent at least 44 million preparing for a lockout that never came surely mental health supports to tackle the crisis in our jails is one area this money could have gone will the government end indefinite segregation longer than 15 days for all inmates addressing the crisis in corrections and providing mental health supports for those who need it thank you speaker we are working to transform our correctional system speaker we have in fact hired about 1100 staff correctional officers since 2013 we've added 36 mental health nurses we're adding body scanners to help make our correctional institution safer we've recently opened the regional intermittent center in London to help reduce overcrowding speaker we take these issues very very seriously and that's why we've also announced last week an independent review a third party independent review of our entire correctional system in Ontario with one of the keys speaker being the reduction and goal of eliminating the use of segregation in Ontario but as it stands today speaker we are using segregation as a last resort only when there is no other viable option and those supports for the individual that the member opposite refer to are in place in all of our institutions thank you new question the member from the member from Davenport thank you speaker and my question this morning is for the minister of children and youth services as the mother of two young boys Andre and David who are enrolled with the Toronto Catholic district school board I know that our strong education system positions kids to succeed in life no matter the path forward that they choose they go to school they work hard and they take on new challenges however it's difficult for children to learn when they're hungry research shows that access to nutritious meals help children learn but not everyone has access to nutritious meals including some of the children in my riding of Davenport speaker can the minister tell the house what he is doing to help children in my riding and across the province to succeed thank you minister children new services well thank you I remember from Davenport for her question I know that she's a strong advocate for for children in her community Mr. Speaker it is so important that young people have healthy diets and we know that not everyone in this province has the opportunity to provide their childs with a healthy healthy nutritious meal that's why Mr. Speaker we have a nutrition program that's delivered right across the province of Ontario and Mr. Speaker this program delivers snacks breakfast and meal programs to thousands of young people across the province this is a program that we've really built over time it's a over 32 million dollar investment by the province of Ontario and I want to thank volunteers parents teachers principals our educational partners for the work they do to ensure that young people get the nutritional nutritional healthy diets in their schools and I'll finish off on the supplemental thank you so thank you Speaker and I want to thank the minister for his response we have communities across the province that benefit greatly from any of these investments including communities like my writing of Davenport and local providers and schools work hard to support kids learning and development by making sure students get the nutrition they need collectively they are making a difference however Speaker we know some of the most remote communities that struggle with access to nutritious foods in Ontario our first nations communities Speaker my question to the minister is does the student nutrition program reach these communities as well thank you minister thank you Mr Speaker and again I'd like to thank the member for the question Mr Speaker over 850,000 young people across our province receive some type of nutritional program in their schools or with community partners and we know that there are first nation communities here in the province of Ontario that have challenges finding affordable nutritious food and that's why Mr Speaker we've expanded our student nutrition program to over 120 educational settings in first nation communities that help really support young people as they develop their not only their body but their mind Mr Speaker first nations have worked in partnership with our government to develop innovative program models that meet the needs and strengths in their communities and Mr Speaker we're going to continue to build on those programs it's a $4 million investment this year and we know that there's a lot more work to do but we know we're off to a great start Mr Speaker thank you Speaker my question is to the premier municipalities are in charge of delivering important services to their residents and it's up to them to ensure that they're making the most of taxpayers hard earned dollars under this government hydro rates have continued to skyrocket and yet they continue to deny there the problem Speaker in May of this year the city of Oshawa received a hydro bill for street lights the cost of power for lighting the roads was $3,000 Speaker what was the cost of the global adjustment almost $100,000 $100,000 Speaker which is outrageous can the premier explain why she's adjusted the city's bill to over $100,000 when they're using just $3,000 worth of power Speaker thank you very much for the question and I think it is it's really interesting for us on this side of the house to get a question from the conservative party the official opposition when it comes to issues related to municipal affordability Speaker many of us on this side of the house that are sitting in these chairs used to sit on municipal councils and the reason that we ran for provincial elections and to I'm a little concerned when I asked to keep things quiet on this side people on this side while the answers being put are provoking as well it's not helpful but that being said keep it down Dennis please one of the reasons that many of us on this side of the house ran for election in 2003 is because we sat on municipal councils from 95 to 2003 when perhaps the biggest tax shift in the history of this province have occurred when the conservative party of Ontario at that time downloaded into the municipal rate base billions of dollars of long-term responsibility that their tutor or they had never been responsible for so to get a question from the conservatives about municipal affordability supplementary member from Bruce Gray oh and so thank you Mr. Speaker back to the premier the hydro disaster is acute for hospitals and long-term care homes where electricity bill spiked by as much as 40 percent last year instead of putting money into better food for seniors personal support workers or new mattresses to reduce bedsores nursing homes are forced to redirect 30 million dollars to cover last year's hydro hikes away from patient care for one nursing home a recently built and modern one that's three hundred and twenty five dollars extra every month per bed and sadly more than this government spends to both feed and bathe the senior patient yet this premier calls it fairness and stability in the system through you Mr. Speaker I ask her what's so stable what's so fair about paying more for hydro hikes than feeding and bathing frail senior patients should be ashamed thank you minister of municipal affairs minister of energy has requested this question speaker thank you Mr. Speaker and it's a very important question that the opposition member brings forward in relation to hospitals and energy bills Mr. Speaker and I'm very proud to say that our conservation program actually helps hospitals it helps municipalities it helps arenas Mr. Speaker it helps everyone and for example Mr. Speaker in my own writing the great writing of Sudbury the hospital had an event with greater Sudbury utilities in which it saved over three hundred thousand dollars by participating in one of our save on energy programs Mr. Speaker that three hundred thousand dollars that they saved Mr. Speaker they said that they can now put that back into the system to actually help do exactly what the opposition MPP is talking about Mr. Speaker use the money that it's supposed to be there for and helping helping families in the healthcare system Zach we have conservation Mr. Speaker we have demand response Mr. Speaker we have the ICI program Mr. Speaker we have so many programs out there what we continue to promote the Mr. Speaker unfortunately on the other side of the house Mr. Speaker they just shake the member from Bruce Gray on sound the member from Prince Edward Hastings the member from Renfrew Nipissing Pembroke come to order no question the member from Windsor West thank you Speaker my question is to the Premier Speaker last week's failed launch of the grade 10 literacy test online cost nearly 200,000 students an entire school day and months of hard work and preparation while experts say that an online attack and this is important experts say that an online attack came as no surprise this liberal government was caught blindsided with their rushed rollout of online testing now it's back to the drawing board for a liberal government that continues to let Ontario students down while the loss of confidence in our education system is immeasurable how much will the latest I.T. Blunder cost Ontario taxpayers thank you Speaker and I want to thank the member opposite for the question Mr. Speaker of course we were very disappointed to learn that the students who had prepared for their online literacy test were not able to do so Mr. Speaker this was a pilot that was set up by EQAO after many many many many months of testing and building the system Mr. Speaker and you know only to learn that through a deliberate malicious and sustained attack from entities that were around the world Mr. Speaker on this system that our students here in grade 10 were not able to complete their online literacy test Mr. Speaker this is absolutely outrageous and our EQAO officials are looking at what specifically has occurred and doing their due diligence on that Mr. Speaker and we'll come forward to make that information available once it is Mr. Speaker thank you supplementary thank you Speaker again to the Premier while the Premier speaks of cyber attacks as if they are science fiction the reality is her government should have foreseen this type of scenario instead they were left scrambling last Thursday as students and education workers stared at blank computer screens for hours for nearly 16,000 students that were stop well I'm not particularly happy with all of that bluster the other people on the other side that are looking for me to stop one side or the other look in the mirror finish your question please for the nearly 16,000 students that were able to complete the test in places like Sudbury and Lampedon Kent they don't know whether their passing grades will count or if their efforts were wasted again how much will the failed literacy test launch cost Ontario taxpayers I'm not asking how disappointed the Minister of Education is I want to know how much has it cost Ontario taxpayers Mr. Speaker you know Mr. Speaker I know that the team at EQAO they worked all week and long to figure out what the source of the issue was it's actually very consistent with issues that occurred last week at Twitter and Netflix Mr. Speaker these types of global attacks are very unpredictable I also know Mr. Speaker that the EQAO folks are doing their due diligence to make sure they discover the source of the issue and to make sure that we're prepared in the spring to execute both an online as well as a paper-based literacy test Mr. Speaker we know that our students prepared very very very hard for this test and that is why I have expressed my disappointment in the fact that they were not able to complete the test we will ensure that no student is treated in any manner that puts them at jeopardy in terms of the opportunity to write the test in the future and to get the grades that they've earned Mr. Speaker Thank you for your question member from Kitchener Center Thank you Speaker my question is for the Minister of Labor last year all parties in the legislature came together to pass Bill 163 supporting Ontario's First Responders Act this piece of legislation was one of several new initiatives to help prevent or mitigate the risk of post traumatic stress disorder among First Responders this government has created a radio and digital campaign aimed at increasing awareness of PTSD among First Responders their families and communities and eliminating the stigma often tied to PTSD there's also a free online toolkit with resources for employers and grants for research there are all important initiatives and resources for our First Responders Mr. Speaker the minister also announced an annual leadership summit that he will host and it's taking place today could the minister please tell a house about the summit Thank you Minister of Labor Thank you and thank you to the member for that important question Speaker before I arrived in the legislature this morning over 200 people joined me and they were First Responders employers experts advocates from all over the province of Ontario joined me at our post-traumatic stress disorder summit organized by the minister of labor this summit speaker is a very important part of the PTSD strategy that we announced last year people who are attending the summit today that's taking place as we speak they're going to share their experiences the expertise the best practices and we're going to mitigate and we're going to prevent PTSD in our First Responders one of the main goals of the summit is to develop prevention plans we know they're crucial to the success of all programs speaker the keynote speaker was Bob Delaney former state trooper MBA referee who along with others will share their struggles and contribute not this Bob Delaney speaker another one speaker this afternoon I'll be returning to the summit we're going to hear from more experts and leaders I would urge other members of the House to come down and join me at the summit thank you couple members thank you I want to thank the minister for his answer and for sharing the details of today's summit with us house I'm sure that the day will be a success and those attending will feel inspired by their involvement and collaboration speaker in the minister's new mandate letter the premier asked the ministry to continue improving mental health protections for Ontario workers the minister has said that it's very important to him and we see that following his work on Ontario's select committee on mental health and addiction the Canadian mental health commission has reported that in any given year one in five people in Canada will experience mental health illness this is clearly an issue that impacts many people who go to work every day in Ontario speaker could the minister please tell us what else this government is doing to protect the mental health question of Ontario workers thank you minister thank you speaker once again I want to ask the uh I want to thank the member for that question in the last few years speaker would become more and more aware of the issue of psychological health and safety in the workplace speaker up until about 10 years ago people didn't really talk a lot about this we didn't know a lot about the issues now people are talking about it speaker and they're taking action on it our government the minister of labour as well takes mental health in the workplace very very seriously we're taking some very positive steps in this area as a member mentioned PTSD summit I told you about a second ago is a great way to share best practices we're seeing action now at the federal level speaker they continue to raise the issue at other levels of government speaker preventing injuries and illnesses in the workplace and encouraging workplaces to promote psychological health and safety it's an essential component of the health the well-being and the economic success of all all Canadian speaker it's mental health month October speaker it's a time to celebrate the advances new question the member from thank you and good morning speaker my question is for the Premier Robert and his wife Carol live in northern Ontario as seniors on a fixed income they are hurting under this liberal government's failed energy policies they can no longer afford to stay in their home Carol wears winter clothing and a toque to bed because they cannot afford heat significant mold has formed in their home because they can no longer afford to run their dehumidifier the financial accountability officer confirmed that households in northern Ontario paid 45 percent more for electricity costs instead of meaningful action speaker this government responds with band aid solutions and more talking points northern Ontario deserves better I asked the Premier will the government end its failed hydro policies and truly address the concerns of northern Ontario Thank you Mr. Speaker and I like to thank the honourable member for the question it is important for us to recognize that we did act on helping families in rural and northern parts of our province Mr. Speaker 330,000 families will benefit from the 20 percent reduction in hydro rates Mr. Speaker come January 1st specifically seniors Mr. Speaker if they heat their home like it sounded does I don't know all the details Mr. Speaker but if they heat their homes with electricity the OASP program Mr. Speaker will help them up to 75 dollars a month Mr. Speaker on top of that there's the debt retirement charge that's been eliminated and they also have the tax credit for northern Ontario residents Mr. Speaker which is an also significant saving I know the honourable member mentioned the FAO well let's talk about the FAO Mr. Speaker he talked about energy prices are increasing in Canada and energy costs in Ontario are consistent with the pace of other provinces Mr. Speaker we're in the middle of the pack and you know what Mr. Speaker we recognize and agree with the the FAO report Mr. Speaker supplementary the member from Melbourne Middlesex London thank you your speaker back to the Premier Premier due to your government's failure to manage energy in this province small businesses in my riding are struggling a small cafe in my riding famous for their pies I've done everything they can to conserve energy however they've seen their energy rates go from $1,300 a month to $3,000 a month $2,000 of that bill alone is global adjustment and delivery charges Speaker small businesses like the cafe in southwestern Ontario and the verge of bankruptcy due to this little government's failed energy policies well the Premier explained to my constituents and those throughout southwestern Ontario how can small businesses continue to afford the sky high global adjustment rates and delivery charges Minister of economic growth and development Mr. economic well Mr. Speaker thank you Mr. Speaker well I'm sure the member like the previous member that asked the business question would have ensured that their business was aware if their bill was around $3,000 a year because of the action that this government is taking they're going to save in the neighbourhood of about $35 to $3,800 a year from the 8% off their hydro bill Mr. Speaker that's a significant savings for a small business so I'm very sure that the member opposite would have made sure that they're aware of that I'm sure as well Mr. Speaker that they would have let that business know of all the work that we're doing with small businesses in the food processing area for instance where we've got a red tape challenge that's reducing regulatory burden for small businesses where we've addressed it in the auto parts sector I'm sure that that member would have let our small businesses know that as well Mr. Speaker and I'm sure as well that they would he would have let that that business know that we're a leader in North America when it comes to producing small businesses and we'll continue to be Mr. Speaker Thank you Point of order to the Government House Leader Thank you Speaker I believe we have unanimous consent to put forward a motion without notice regarding the appointment of our temporary financial accountability officer The Government House Leader seeking consent to put forward a motion without notice do we agree? Agree Government House Leader Speaker that in humble address be presented to the Lieutenant Governor and Council as follows we Her Majesty's most beautiful and loyal subjects the legislative assembly of the province of Ontario now assembled request the appointment of the Honourable Jay David Wake as temporary financial accountability officer as provided in the financial accountability officer Act 2013 and Section 77C of the Legislation Act 2006 commencing on October 24th 2016 for a term of six months or to the date when the financial accountability officer resumes his duties whichever comes first and that the address being grossed and presented to the Lieutenant Governor and Council by the Speaker Mr. Naqvi moves that a humble address be presented to the Lieutenant Governor dispensed dispensed do we agree? Agree carry member from the member from Chattankin Essex on a point of order thank you very much Speaker like to introduce Erin Bremere from the 16th class of the Advanced Agricultural Leadership Program along with Eric Leclerre Adam Rack and Cass Gilmore from LEED New York as well as I would like to introduce another friend Lynn Perrier welcome to Queen's Park Thank you Minister the member from Trinity Spadina on a point of order Thank you Thank you Speaker join us in the public gallery where students of University of Toronto member of Political Science Students Association I just want to welcome them and I hope that they enjoy the question period Thank you Oxford I'd like to ask unanimous consent for the House to have the moments of silence to recognize the families and be with the families of the people who perished him Woodstock let me make sure I capture that properly the member from Oxford is seeking unanimous consent after the vote to stand for a moment of silence in memory of the people that have been identified as murdered between Woodstock and London do we agree agree agree The member from here on this Thank you I'd also like to welcome to the House today CEO of the Rural Ontario Institute Rob Block and program staff for the Advanced Aged Leadership Program John Sandra Larry van Dope Terry Deeman Julie Caley and from lead we have Phil Guilter and Tanyl Stewart Thank you Minister the member from London West Thank you Speaker I would like to introduce Andy McTaggart from the 16th class of the Advanced Agricultural Leadership Program as well as Marie Anselm and Chad Hendrickson from Lead New York Thank you Mr. of Education Thank you Speaker I'm very happy to have a school from my riding at Queen's Park today I wanted to acknowledge the grades five and six students from the Gulf Road Junior Public School and their teacher Melissa Morton they will be visiting the legislature and learning about the beautiful history of our legislature I want to spend a moment to remind all members we do have a process if you know they're coming in the middle of question period introduce them during the time for introductions we're in the middle of a vote and it's very unusual to do points of order before we vote that being said there are circumstances in which we do want to be respectful and especially especially when guests do arrive and I know you want to acknowledge them if you know they're coming please do it during introductions thank you we have a deferred vote on the motion a second reading of bill 37 an act to amend the early childhood educators act 2007 and the Ontario colleges of interior college of teachers act 1996 calling the members this will be a five minute bill all members please take their seats all members please take your seats thank you October on October the 17th 2016 Ms. Hunter moved second reading of bill 37 an act to amend the early childhood educators act 2007 and the Ontario college of teachers act 1996 all those in favour please rise one at a time be recognised by the clerk Ms. Hunter Ms. Hunter Mr. Matthews Mr. Matthews Mr. Bradley Mr. Bradley Mr. Bradley Ms. Sandals Ms. Sandals Mr. Sousa Mr. Sousa Ms. Wynne Ms. Wynne Ms. Matthews Ms. Matthews Mr. Hoskins Mr. Hoskins Mr. Shorelli Mr. Shorelli Mr. Dugas Mr. Dugas Ms. McCharles Ms. McCharles Mr. McMeakin Mr. McMeakin Mr. Takkar Mr. Takkar Mr. Kohl Mr. Kohl Mr. Delaney Mr. Delaney Mr. Dillon Mr. Gravel Mr. Gravel Mr. Murray Mr. Murray Mr. Moriidi Mr. Moriidi Mr. Couto Mr. Couto Mr. Leo Mr. Leo Mr. Flynn Mr. Flynn Mr. Tebow Mr. Tibot Mr. Orizetti Mr. Orizetti Mr. Quadri Mr. Quadri Mr. Dixon Mr. Dixon Ms. Manga Ms. Manga Mr. Prack Mr. Prack Madame LeLong Madame LeLong Ms. Dahmerlock Ms. Dahmerlock Mrs. McGary Mrs. McGary Mr. Morrill Mr. Morrill Ms. Jassak Mr. Zimmer Ms. Aldenazi Mrs. Macman, Mr. Ballard, Mrs. Nidoo Harris, Mr. Wong, Mr. Fraser, Mr. Baker, Mr. Don, Mrs. Hoga, Mrs. Hoga, Mrs. Koala, Mrs. Martin, Mrs. Milton, Mr. Milchin, Mr. Potts, Mr. Rinaldi, Mr. Rinaldi, Mrs. Verneel, Mr. Brown, Mr. Brown, Mr. Arna, Mr. Harnamus, Mr. Harnamus, Mr. McLeod, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Wilson, Mrs. Jones, Mr. Clark, Mr. Fidelli, Mr. Yacobusky, Mr. Miller, Perry Sound, Ms. Cochran, Mr. Scott, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Barrett, Mrs. Monroe, Mr. Yurek, Mr. McClaren, Mr. Bailey, Mr. Walker, Mr. Smith, Mr. Harris, Mr. Nichols, Mr. Nichols, Mr. Marteau, Mr. McDonnell, Mr. Pettipi, Mr. Coch, Mr. Cho, Mrs. Gretzky, Mr. Singh, Mr. Vantog, Mr. DeNovo, Mr. Tabbins, Mr. Miller, Hamilton, East Stony Cree, Mr. Sattler, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Natascha, Ms. Armstrong, Ms. Jelena, Ms. Fight, Mr. Montag, Mr. Hadfield, Mr. Gates, Ms. Gretzky, Ms. French, Ms. French, Ms. French. All those opposed, please rise one at a time and be recognized by the clerk. The ayes are 91, the nays are zero. The ayes being 91, the nays being zero. Declare the motion carried. Second reading of the bill. Museum lecture. Approach of the law. Pursuant to the order of the House dated October the 20th, 2016, the bill is ordered to refer to the Standing Committee of Finance and Economic Affairs. There are no further deferred votes. However, I would ask that all members please rise, including our guests, to perform a moment of silence in respect of the victims of Oxford and London. Thank you. Therefore, this House stands recessed until 3 p.m. this afternoon.