Again, I always pay attention to what the members opposite say as a slogan here, “Listen to the Other Side,” but time after time there are still no solutions.

Our government is proposing lots of solutions in terms of helping our seniors, getting them the care they need, investing in home care.

I think it’s rich because the members talk about home care, but when they had an opportunity to vote for record investments in home care, they voted against it.

Now you have an opportunity to vote for better quality of care for seniors who do not want to stay—it’s their choice. They don’t want to stay in a hospital. They have a better opportunity to go somewhere—better for their families. And yet, you’re still opposing it.

So I ask the member: What solutions are you going to come to the table with that Ontarians can actually move forward with and our government can move forward with?

I just want to acknowledge the member from Nickel Belt. It’s always a pleasure listening to you and listening to the issues that pertain to our health care system.

I just want to talk about the investments made by our government, especially talking about the Weeneebayko Area Health Authority health campus of care, a new culturally appropriate health campus that will include a new hospital and lodge, as well as a new ambulatory care centre on Moose Factory Island. Another example is building a new francophone community health centre to consolidate primary care, nursing, and mental health and addictions services in a modern facility. Another long-term-care project is the Golden Manor project, building 50 new long-term-care beds—and the list goes on.

My question to the member is simple: Do you support these investments, and do you support this throne speech?

My question to the Premier. This government is giving itself the power to sign people up for long-term-care homes they don’t want to go to. Yesterday, the long-term care minister admitted to media that they will use financial coercion to make them go. He said, “Should a hospital charge them? Absolutely.”

Why does this government believe that a hospital stay should end with a bill?

Late yesterday, we learned the government plans to ram this legislation through without any hearings or opportunities to hear from front-line workers and from families whose lives will be devastated by these changes. Why is the government so unwilling to hear from families and front-line workers who will be devastated by this bill?

Interjections.