 It is therefore now time for Members Davis, the member from Simcoe Grade. Thank you Mr. Speaker. I'm pleased to rise today to remind members of this house and all Ontarians that this Saturday marks Ontario's second annual Christmas tree day. This day is meant to bring awareness to the tremendous benefit the Christmas tree industry has on our province not only to agriculture but also benefits the environment tourism employment and the economy. Christmas tree farmers of Ontario have a new slogan this year it reads we are tree farmers and we take carbon out of the air. It speaks to the organization's mandate to bring awareness to the benefit of buying a real Christmas tree. Mr. Speaker let me briefly touch upon some of those benefits. Christmas trees are a renewable agricultural crop for every tree cut down 10 more are planted to ensure sustainability. Tree farms counteract the human use of fossil fuels and remove 13 tons of airborne pollutants per acre per year. Trees provide a protective haven for a variety of bird and mammal species. The edge effect created by a row of Christmas trees next to a wood lot or an open field is known to increase wildlife diversity. Real Christmas trees are completely biodegradable and return their stored nutrients to the soil from which they came. Mr. Speaker buying a Christmas tree is an easy way to help the environment and our economy. On behalf of Christmas tree farmers of Ontario I encourage all Ontarians to buy a real tree this holiday season and help support an important industry in Ontario. Finally I'd like to thank Fred Somerville and Shirley Brennan from Christmas tree farmers Ontario for their hard work and advocacy within the industry and toward the establishment of Christmas tree day. Remember from Windsor to come see me. Good afternoon Speaker I want to tell you about the Windsor residents for young men. A friend of mine Greg Gulen saw the need for such a facility 16 years ago. Although our area has several places to house homeless young women it was taken for granted that homeless teenage boys or young men could look after themselves. Windsor was the only major city in Canada where there was not a place to get homeless male youth off the streets. It took 12 years to get it open but they've had tremendous success over the past four years. The Windsor residents for young men helps clients find pride in themselves. They've had a 66 percent success rate have helped hundreds of young people get their lives back on track. Some have been reunited with their families some have found employment and many of them are doing well in school again. They rely on donations which is why they're struggling to pay their hydro bills. Hydro costs used to be $300 sometimes four now they're $600 sometimes eight charities such as the Windsor residents for young men should be using their money to keep young men off the streets. Instead they're paying profits to the private investors who own more and more shares of hydro one. This government should be providing hydro rate relief to charities that provide services to low income and vulnerable people instead of selling off hydro one. The Windsor residents for young men doesn't support homelessness speaker they want to end it. Thank you. Thank you for the members please. Well thank you speaker. Today I want to talk a little bit about what an incredible week this has been for me and it reminds me of how lucky all of us are to represent our constituencies in the house the things that we get to do to help regular people in Ontario. This week on Tuesday the committee of regulations and private bills met to discuss my bill 47 protecting loyalty reward points bill and I want to take this moment to thank the premier for her leadership of the minister for allowing me and all members of this house the house leaders particularly for agreeing to fast track this bill through committee to third reading which will happen next Monday. This is an important bill I believe for consumers in Ontario at the committee we heard from stakeholders we heard from constituents we heard from individuals like Michael Judd who represents so like the consumer experience for so many people who have tried to get on to websites tried to get a hold of air miles in this case in order to find out how many points of theirs were going to expire they were concerned they were angry about it and in the course of conversations with my constituents and beaches east york we knew this was something we had to move on we could have done nothing but we became the only province so far in Canada who's moving on disallowing expiry of airport miles and I'm very pleased that we're taking that leadership and for me this bill was the third private members bill that I brought forward which has that same theme of protecting consumers right from the tipping bill from stopping daycares from charging on charging administration fees now I know everyone in this house has had experience to air miles and we're delighted that we have an opportunity now to put an end to it thank you thank you very much speaker I would like to share my sincere congratulations to the citizen for once again achieving first place in the Canadian community newspaper awards the highest category in his class the awards celebrate the best in community publishing from across the country the level of excellence that has been displayed by the citizen and serving both north uran and uran east east communities is extraordinary this award really goes to show the level of commitment that this newspaper has put forth over the years in order to ensure balanced reporting and a comprehensive coverage of its local communities it is interesting to note that the citizen has been nominated for the Canadian community newspaper awards previously in both 2014 and 2015 its tradition of excellence was recognized once again this year and it won first place in the categories of best all-round newspaper best editorial page and best front page the citizen team is one that works hard to keep people and to keep people informed and succeeds in its commitment to write on local issues that are important and meaningful upon reading the judge's comments on the citizen what jumped out at me was this this paper has soul and I couldn't agree more thank you very much speaker thank you for the member statements the member from nicole thank you speaker my office was contacted by mrs sherry allen regarding a frightening incident their family experienced on monday while driving in lively as they were traveling south on main street going under the first of two highway bridges debris fell from the bridge smashing a hole in the sunroof of their vehicle with falling glass cutting their nine-year-old daughter on the neck thankfully the dog her daughter was okay it could have been way worse they are not the only one speaker i have been contacted and i read her statement i too have been victim of a rock falling hitting my windshield from the overpass last friday my husband and i were hit by a rock on my sunroof i had to replace the sunroof and it cost me one thousand three hundred dollars this morning i talked to the minister of transportation about those two bridges it was confirmed that they are scheduled for rehabilitation next year in addition to the scaling work that is underway right now he reassured me that his ministry would work with the local mto office to make sure that the two bridges are safe to drive on and that main street underneath it will also be safe for all traffic i would uh invite though if anybody else from my riding or around lively i've had a similar incident with pieces of the overpass falling on them as they were driving or if they've seen an incident please reach out to my office so we can coordinate with the ministry of transportation thank you speaker thank you very much mr speaker i would say shalom aleikum to our colleagues who are here for a bill that will be debated later on today i would once again speaker like to objectively recognize the best president from the best college in the province of ontario and that is dr christopher lg whitaker who is the president of humber college he has a remarkable uh track record holding a phd from the university of toronto and ma from york university a bachelor's from queens he's been in his position as steward of humber college since 2012 and what a jewel in the crown of itobicoke north speaker between the north and south campus we have something like on the order of more than 30 000 students residential spots for a thousand students we offer programs bachelor's degrees diploma certificates and it's an advanced skills and technology center which i remember christening opening some years ago uh in fields as diverse as journalism and media studies and hospitality and plumbing and woodworking and you name it and of course they are very ably accompanied today by as i mentioned earlier the irreplaceable jane holmes who not only serve this government as a senior policy analyst and they're one of our ministries here but then was also as well steward at the ontario horse racing industry and of course we remember her fondly uh from her days at woodbind and the casino is coming so thank you jane thank you dr whitaker and thanks to all that you do you know they're going to be brief for that the member for what he asked was thank you speaker i rise to speak about the ongoing review of the enteral municipal board and what's clear is that planning in entero has been and should continue to be a public democratic process and any adjudicative process that can supersede municipal decisions must ensure fair and equitable participation by local community members and should speaker meaningfully employ processes and decision making methods that include the public furthermore municipalities are a mature form of government and are in a position to take on a more rigorous role in land use planning and this requires speaker a significant transformation of the enteral municipal board roles and responsibilities and procedures if viewers of our proceedings this afternoon believe their council's planning decisions should hold more influence before an enteral municipal board tribunal then make your voices heard if you have other ideas make your voices heard as well for far too long speaker the enteral municipal board has overruled good local planning decisions made by elected officials and when those decisions are squashed there's no appeal this review is long overdue and clearly needed and i strongly support the initiative and urge all region of Durham residents to participate in the process thank you speaker thank you further member statements further member statements the member from eglinton lords thank you mr speaker i rise today to celebrate the great victory by toronto fc yesterday at bml field this is the by winning the eastern division championship over montreal this means we'll have the first canadian team that will be in the mls championship final here on december the 10th here in toronto you know the toronto fc the reds really reflect the true nature and the fabric and diversity of ontario if you look at the team you have joe z altador from the u.s ben washeru from france sebastian javinko the atomic ant from idly you have tosan rickets from jamaica and chris manella who lives at college in grace this team has excited people from all over ontario all over canada it is a vibrant expression of sportsmanship of excellence it also is good for the local economy in keeping our downtown alive and it is also a great role model for our young people whether they be boys or girls to play sports and participate and we wish toronto fc the best of luck as they go forward in representing canada in the mls championship december the 10th here in toronto congratulations further member statements the member from bruce gray on sound thank you very much mr speaker i rise today to voice my constituents growing concern over the continued lack of access to mental health services in bruce gray own sound an issue that i'm personally passionate about the lack of available psychiatrist mental health beds and other mental health resources is beginning to take its toll on my local hospital emergency departments who are increasingly dealing with suicidal youth and people suffering from schizophrenia instead of matching patient patients with beds emergency department staff are calling in police officers at a very great cost to guard these patients who continue to wait for beds if you can imagine mr speaker this is an impossible task with so few beds in entero and where we still have regions without any youth mental health beds such as the north simcoe muscoca lin i recently listened to comments from dr susan boran from handover into the hospital who spoke very candidly and openly about the consequences of the long-standing problem the shortage of beds psychiatrists and outreach that is putting the safety of patients and staff in dire straits dr boran called it a crisis and warned that it could easily turn into a publicity nightmare for the province this warning was echoed by the otter general whose report released yesterday confirmed a 50 increase in the number of youth and children needing a mental health bed as entero continues to go with a coherent mental health system and where care continues to be scattered over multiple ministries and agencies i take this opportunity to issue another call on the government to immediately direct resources to my communities in bruce gray and all communities across entero facing these huge gaps in service so that our children youth and people in need can get the mental health care service they need i also encourage all members to continue to speak up on these concerns to the minister of health and remind him that the time for action is now thank you thank you i thank all members for their uh statements it's therefore now time for reports by committees the member from left and get me a second