I thank my colleague from Scarborough–Agincourt. We are on the same side, when it comes to fighting for the people of Scarborough–Guildwood. That’s why I was elected nine years ago. Speaker, on August 1, which is Emancipation Day, I was elected by the people of Scarborough to do this very thing, to fight for them.

Scarborough is a community I grew up in—went to high school; went to University of Toronto, Scarborough campus. I know Scarborough needs more infrastructure. In fact, the extension of the subway is something I fought for. I was elected in 2013 as the “subway champion,” to bring that very infrastructure to the people of Scarborough. I continue to fight for the people of Scarborough.

You recently announced a medical school for Scarborough. That was a project that I helped to co-create with the former principal of the University of Toronto Scarborough campus because I noticed that we had a gap in that area. I pushed for that.

Oftentimes, that’s what the people of our province expect—that in successive governments, you will build on the work that has already started for their benefit.

I will always continue to fight for the people of Scarborough and for what they need.

I’m also very proud of the environmental contributions that were driven by the former Liberal government. The closure of coal plants was recognized even by President Obama as the most significant contribution to the reduction of greenhouse gases in North America by any jurisdiction, and that was led by a Liberal government.

I’m also proud of how the former Liberal government handled the Great Recession. We remember how precarious everything was. We brought back over 800,000 jobs. All of the jobs that were lost during the Great Recession were brought back under our leadership. That is why I call out this current government in terms of what they are doing—with the lack of vision, the lack of a road map, the lack of a plan in this budget—when we’re facing such precarious economic times.

Of course, on health care, we have some of the most innovative approaches—Cancer Care Ontario—to our health system, in terms of leading the transformation and renewal of our health system.

That form of innovation and leadership is needed today and always. And I give credit to the great people of Ontario for our great education system, and the people who work so hard—

I want to thank the member for the question.

I think it has become very clear why the people of the province of Ontario elected a strong, stable, province-wide, Conservative majority government: It is to continue the good work that was started in 2018.

The Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade has been very, very, very aggressive in helping bring jobs back to the province of Ontario. Of course, we lost those 300,000 manufacturing jobs under the Liberals, supported by the NDP.

We went backwards in health care under the Liberals and the NDP. We didn’t build long-term-care homes. We didn’t build transit and transportation. We talked about—an argument; well, not us—the Ontario Line and subways for years, but this Premier, this caucus and these members on both sides, represented their community and got the province moving back again in the right direction.

We’re creating jobs, opportunities and investment. We are the envy of North America, and we will continue to do all that we can to ensure that—

Interjections.

I saw a lot of members at the AMO conference. It was a wonderful conference. Again, I congratulate the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing for putting together such a wonderful opportunity.

On Monday, August 22—just to note again for colleagues that the House will return at 9 a.m. On both the morning and afternoon, we will be dealing with government motion number 3.

On Tuesday, August 23, in the morning, we will be dealing with government motion number 3, and in the afternoon we’ll be moving over to a government bill that will be introduced later today.

Work on that bill will continue on Wednesday in the morning and afternoon.

On Thursday, August 25, in the morning and afternoon, we will move onto replies to the speech from the throne and continue to hear what have been wonderful maiden speeches from a lot of our new colleagues in the process.

Deferred vote on the motion that the question now be put on the motion for second reading of the following bill:

Bill 3, An Act to amend various statutes with respect to special powers and duties of heads of council / Projet de loi 3, Loi modifiant diverses lois en ce qui concerne les pouvoirs et fonctions spéciaux des présidents du conseil.

I look forward to the opportunity to debate the bill in the coming days.

Ms. Bell moved first reading of the following bill:

Bill 8, An Act to enact the Anti-Money Laundering in Housing Act, 2022 / Projet de loi 8, Loi édictant la Loi de 2022 sur la lutte contre le blanchiment d’argent dans le secteur du logement.