Good morning. Let us pray.

Prières / Prayers.

Resuming the debate adjourned on August 17, 2022, on the motion for second reading of the following bill:

Bill 2, An Act to implement Budget measures and to enact and amend various statutes / Projet de loi 2, Loi visant à mettre en oeuvre les mesures budgétaires et à édicter et à modifier diverses lois.

Questions?

Next, we have the member for Scarborough–Guildwood.

Questions?

Questions?

In the Speaker’s gallery today, we have constituents from the riding of Wellington–Halton Hills: John Mann and his daughter Samantha Mann, from Georgetown. I’m pleased to inform the House that Samantha is starting her training for the page program at the Senate of Canada next week. Welcome to the Ontario Legislature.

Supplementary question.

Thank you very much. The next question.

The President of the Treasury Board.

Members will please take their seats.

Interjections.

Start the clock.

The Minister of Finance.

Interjections.

Restart the clock.

Supplementary.

The supplementary question.

The Minister of Children, Community and Social Services.

The Minister of Children, Community and Social Services.

The division bells rang from 1137 to 1139.

On August 17, 2022, Mr. Harris moved that the question be now put.

All those in favour of Mr. Harris’s motion will please rise one at a time and be recognized by the Clerk.

Mr. Clark has moved second reading of Bill 3, An Act to amend various statutes with respect to special powers and duties of heads of council.

Is it the pleasure of the House that the motion carry? I heard some noes.

All those in favour of the motion will please say “aye.”

All those opposed will please say “nay.”

In my opinion, the ayes have it.

Call in the members. This will be a five-minute bell.

Interjection: Same vote.

Interjection: No.

On August 11, 2022, Mr. Clark moved second reading of Bill 3, An Act to amend various statutes with respect to special powers and duties of heads of council.

All those in favour of the motion will please rise one at a time and be recognized by the Clerk.

Second reading agreed to.

There being no further business at this time, this House stands in recess until 1 p.m.

The House recessed from 1147 to 1300.

Mr. Calandra moved first reading of the following bill:

Bill 7, An Act to amend the Fixing Long-Term Care Act, 2021 with respect to patients requiring an alternate level of care and other matters and to make a consequential amendment to the Health Care Consent Act, 1996 / Projet de loi 7, Loi modifiant la Loi de 2021 sur le redressement des soins de longue durée en ce qui concerne les patients ayant besoin d’un niveau de soins différent et d’autres questions et apportant une modification corrélative à la Loi de 1996 sur le consentement aux soins de santé.

First reading agreed to.

First reading agreed to.

First reading agreed to.

That concludes the time we have available for petitions this afternoon.

Resuming the debate adjourned on August 18, 2022, on the motion for second reading of the following bill:

Bill 2, An Act to implement Budget measures and to enact and amend various statutes / Projet de loi 2, Loi visant à mettre en oeuvre les mesures budgétaires et à édicter et à modifier diverses lois.

Thank you very much.

Questions?

The next question.

Further debate?

Further debate?

Questions?

A quick question, the member for Hamilton West–Ancaster–Dundas.

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Further debate?