I want to welcome Jonas Boyce. It’s his first time being a page. He’s like my nephew, and I know you will want to pinch his cheeks when you see him, but please don’t. Welcome, Jonas.

I want to wish a warm welcome to June Muir, the CEO of the UHC Hub of Opportunities, to Queen’s Park today. UHC supports those in our community affected by underemployment and unemployment. Thanks, June, for all your hard work, and delighted to welcome you today as part of the Feed Ontario day of action.

I’d like to welcome Samantha Dangubic, Martin Listur and Alejandra Ruiz Vargas from the Fred Victor organization; Nthabiseng Ditshweu and Michelle Bilek from the Peel Alliance to End Homelessness and Peel Poverty; Laverne Blake from Ernestine’s; and Gagan Jot Singh from Nellie’s. Welcome to your House.

Today, I’d like to welcome Ms. Abby Katz Starr, president and CEO for Unionville Home Society. Also, today, she is here for AdvantAge Ontario advocacy day. Thank you.

It’s a great pleasure to welcome a number of constituents from my riding of Simcoe–Grey today: from the Wasaga Beach Ministerial Food Bank, Christina Armstrong, Wendy Blemings and Patricia Miscampbell; from the Ontario Association of Osteopathic Manual Practitioners, I’d like to welcome President Nancy Spence; and it’s a great pleasure to welcome Logan Hockley, OPP special constable and Wasaga Beach resident.

It is a pleasure to welcome Dwayne Green from Malton Village Long Term Care Centre. Thank you for taking care of those who took care of us. Welcome to Queen’s Park.

Merci à nos amis de la francophonie pour être ici entre nous.

I also want to recognize Michau van Speyk—great to see you here—from the autism movement, and Sarah Davis from Cornerstone women’s shelter. Thank you for what you do in our community.

Also joining us in the House today are Sylvia Braithwaite and Inta Dukule from Fred Victor; Kate Chung from Accessible Housing Network; Hyunjin Cho, Monica Amenya and Mathuri Ravindranathan from Ernestine’s Women’s Shelter; and Margaret Bilson from Nellie’s. Welcome.

I’d like to acknowledge and welcome Amy Collins from the Elizabeth Fry Society of Northeastern Ontario. She’s here with a number of other individuals who are asking to put affordable housing in the Ontario budget for their lobby day. I’d like to welcome Nadine Sookermany from Fife House, as well as her colleague Casey Sabawi.

We are also joined by a number of individuals from Street Haven, a fantastic organization in my community—they are led here by Siu Mee Cheng, who is executive director: Bobbi Gunn, Marcie Pekar, Charmaine Clark, Beth Edward, Nicola Andrews, Meesha Husbands, Jennifer McTaggart, Shanna Humphreys—and I want to extend a very special welcome to Sarah Crosby, who is here with her six-week-old daughter.

I would also like to welcome the folks from Feed Ontario for all the good work that they’re doing and thank them, particularly Matt Brown, who is the chair of the Gleaners Food Bank, doing great work in the Bay of Quinte region.

Assuming there are no objections, I’d like to continue with introduction of visitors.

The member for Sudbury.

The member for Perth–Wellington.

I’m pleased to rise to welcome Steve Harrison, CEO of Tri-County Mennonite Homes, who is here as part of AdvantAge Ontario’s advocacy day.

I’d also like to introduce Steve and Vivi Goettler from my riding of Perth–Wellington, owners of Goettler fine furniture. They are also the proud parents of George Goettler, who many of us in this place know. Welcome to Queen’s Park.

It’s an honour today to welcome page Claire Fish from my beautiful riding of Niagara Falls. I had the opportunity to meet her parents. Welcome to Queen’s Park.

I’d like to welcome, from Feed Ontario, from the Ottawa Food Bank, Alexandra; from the Food Bank of Waterloo Region, Valerie and Kimberley; from the Table Community Food Centre, Deborah Anne and Sylvia; from the Mississauga Food Bank, Christie and Meghan; from the Brockville and Area Food Bank, JoAnne; from the Burlington Food Bank, Robin; from the Daily Bread Food Bank, Talia; and from Feed Ontario, Alison, Amanda, Andrea, Ashley, Carolyn, Erin, Ervin, Jakob, Lara, Sarah Adelaide and Shanade. Thank you all so much for being here and for all of the work you do.

I would like to introduce Clare Flynn from St. Catharines’s Brock University. Clare has been helping out in my QP office for the past couple of weeks.

Also, I have some very honoured guests that I’d like to introduce to the House today: Melodi, and Shawn Bennett, the founder of the Valhalla Project. The Valhalla Project works to assist in training service dogs for first responders and military service members that suffer from PTSD.

I also want to welcome to this House a special guest star today, my good friend Siren. Welcome to your House.

I’d like to welcome McDonald’s Canada to the House today. They’re here on their advocacy day and if people are interested in some “McFun,” they’re hosting a reception at 5 o’clock this afternoon in the dining room.

[Inaudible] visiting Queen’s Park today. I’d like to welcome Jasmine Badru, Sierra Lewis, Emily Coussons, Kimberley Grant, Neisha Tyne-Currie, Mayhe Choudhury and Amanda Lazenis, all from Street Haven; along with Cory Roslyn from Elizabeth Fry; Alana Jones from Fred Victor; Chris Snodgrass from Dixon Hall; Eiman Elwidaa from Fred Victor; Kate McInerney from Friends of Ruby; Samantha McDonald from YMCA; Rob Aversa from city of Toronto; Chirysh Dupie from the Toronto Alliance to End Homelessness and Christie Ossington Neighbourhood Centre. Welcome to your House.

Je voudrais souhaiter la bienvenue à et saluer notre jeunesse franco-ontarienne : les élèves de l’école Père-Philippe-Lamarche, Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf et Monseigneur-de-Charbonnel, et aussi les jeunes représentants de la FEFSO, la Fédération de la jeunesse franco-ontarienne, qui sont à l’Assemblée aujourd’hui pour célébrer avec nous. Et aussi, je voudrais saluer M. Fabien Hébert, le président de l’Assemblée de la francophonie de l’Ontario. Bienvenue à Queen’s Park.

I’d like to recognize Anna Morgan from Ernestine’s Shelter, Keith Hambly from Fred Victor, Mina Mawani from Dixon Hall, Brian Harris from St. Felix, Sarah Davis from Cornerstone Housing for Women, and Ray Eskritt from Harmony House. Thank you so much for coming today.