I’d also like to recognize Barbara Hall, former mayor of the city of Toronto as well as the former chief commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission, and a resident of Toronto Centre. Welcome.

I’d like to recognize Eleanor McMahon, a friend as well as a mentor, a former Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport, as well as President of the Treasury Board and founder of the Share the Road Cycling Coalition, and the president and CEO of the Trans Canada Trail. Welcome.

My question is to the Premier. I hope that I get an answer from the Premier.

My constituent Stephanie told me that when she had to get Tylenol for her child she went to five stores and they were all out.

My constituent Ronnie told me that when his one-year-old was sick, he went to every single nearby pharmacy and none of them had Tylenol.

This shortage is straining physicians. The ERs for children are bursting.

What is this government doing to ensure that all families have access to the medicine they need—including the ones that are manufactured right here in Ontario? Why is it that American pharmaceuticals can create a workaround and we don’t see the same thing happening right here in Ontario?

Yes, I would. Thank you, Speaker. It’s with great pride that I’m able to read an explanatory note explaining this bill.

This bill, of course, is being introduced days before Trans Day of Remembrance, on November 20, and I’d like to share with you that the bill enacts the Gender Affirming Health Care Advisory Committee Act, 2022. This act provides that the Minister of Health shall, within 60 days of the act coming into force, establish a gender-affirming health care advisory committee. The advisory committee shall submit a report making recommendations to the minister for improving access to health care and coverage for gender-affirming health care for all Ontarians. After receiving the advisory committee’s report, the Minister of Health shall inform the assembly of the measures that the minister intends to recommend to the government of Ontario so that they can implement the recommendations to ensure that every Ontarian has gender-affirming health care and that it be delivered as speedily and as freely as possible.

Mr. Glover moved first reading of the following bill:

Bill Pr10, An Act to revive Maizal Tortilleria Inc.