Good morning. Let us pray.

Prayers.

Resuming the debate adjourned on December 7, 2022, on the motion for third reading of the following bill:

Bill 39, An Act to amend the City of Toronto Act, 2006 and the Municipal Act, 2001 and to enact the Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve Repeal Act, 2022 / Projet de loi 39, Loi visant à modifier la Loi de 2006 sur la cité de Toronto et la Loi de 2001 sur les municipalités et à édicter la Loi de 2022 abrogeant la Loi sur la Réserve agricole de Duffins-Rouge.

I would like to inform the House that the following documents have been tabled:

—the 2021-22 annual report of the French Language Services Commissioner, from the Office of the Ombudsman of Ontario; and

—a report entitled Operation of the Environmental Bill of Rights, 1993, from the Office of the Auditor General of Ontario.

If there are no objections, I’d like to continue with the introduction of guests.

The supplementary question, the member for Ottawa West–Nepean.

Thank you.

Final supplementary: the member for Thunder Bay–Superior North.

I remind the members to please make their comments through the Chair.

Minister, please conclude your answer.

Restart the clock. Supplementary question: the member for University–Rosedale.

And the supplementary, the member for Ottawa West–Nepean.

To reply, the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.

Supplementary?

Supplementary, the member for Humber River–Black Creek.

Again, I’ll remind the members to please make their comments through the Chair.

Interjections.

Interjection.

Start the clock. The next question.

Supplementary question.

Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing to reply.

The supplementary question, the member for Hamilton Mountain.

Thank you.

The member for Niagara Falls.

The Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing to reply.

The next question.

Supplementary question.

Conclude your answer.

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

The division bells rang from 1150 to 1155.

Ms. Khanjin has moved government notice of motion number 10 relating to the allocation of time on Bill 51, An Act to amend the Legislative Assembly Act.

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

Motion agreed to.

Deferred vote on the motion for second reading of the following bill:

Bill 29, An Act to amend the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998 with respect to municipal conditions on residential natural gas connections / Projet de loi 29, Loi modifiant la Loi de 1998 sur la Commission de l’énergie de l’Ontario à l’égard des conditions municipales sur les raccordements résidentiels au réseau d’alimentation en gaz naturel.

The division bells rang from 1159 to 1200.

All those in favour of the motion will please rise and remain standing until recognized by the Clerk.

Second reading negatived.

This House stands in recess until 1 p.m.

The House recessed from 1204 until 1300.

Afternoon meeting reported in volume B.