Good morning. Let us pray.

Prayers.

Further debate?

The Solicitor General still has the floor. We are now debating the amendment to the motion.

That concludes our members’ statements for this morning.

Applause.

Introduction of visitors. The member for Brantford–Brant.

The member will please take her seat.

Stop the clock. Maybe the member wasn’t here when I started off the introduction of visitors. There can be no political statements associated with the introduction of visitors.

Introduction of visitors. Start the clock.

The member for Perth–Wellington.

Members, it’s my honour to introduce this group of legislative pages: from the riding of Oshawa, Saniyah Abbas; from the riding of Oxford, Jesuloba Joel Adeoye; from the riding of Scarborough–Rouge Park, Caesar Beesley; from the riding of Ajax, Simran Bhatt; from the riding of Toronto–St. Paul’s, Philippe Boyer; from the riding of London North Centre, Clara Brunet; from the riding of Dufferin–Caledon, Sachkaur Chahal; from the riding of Davenport, Danté Cronier-Thériault; from the riding of Brampton East, Gurkaram Dhillon; from the riding of Perth–Wellington, Beckett Gloor; from the riding of Kenora–Rainy River, Paxten Hughes; from the riding of Kitchener South–Hespeler, Ananya Joshi; from the riding of Northumberland–Peterborough South, Katherine Kennedy; from the riding of Etobicoke–Lakeshore, Margo Koenig; from the riding of Aurora–Oak Ridges–Richmond Hill, Isolde Li; from the riding of Waterloo, Trent MacDonald; from the riding of Kitchener–Conestoga, Michael Milloy; from the riding of Hamilton West–Ancaster–Dundas, Fallon Noakes; from the riding of Brampton South, Lillian Park; from the riding of Richmond Hill, Owen Rao; from the riding of Whitby, Bronwyn Renwick; and from the riding of Markham–Thornhill, Yijie Wang.

Welcome to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

Applause.

The Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing and government House leader.

Final supplementary.

Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.

The next question.

Stop the clock.

Interjections.

I’ll remind the members of the House that interjections are out of order—always out of order, as a matter of fact—and I have to be able to hear the member who legitimately has the floor. All of us should listen to each other, listen to the member who has the floor.

Start the clock.

Leader of the Opposition.

Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.

Stop the clock.

I’d really like to be a part of this, if possible.

Interjections.

Please start the clock.

Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.

Interjections.

Interjections.

Start the clock. The supplementary question.

Order. Order.

Interjections.

Interjections.

The supplementary question.

The Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.

The supplementary question.

I’m going to caution the members on the use of language, whether it is in their questions or their responses. It’s important that we maintain a high standard of decorum. The people of Ontario expect that.

Interjections.

Start the clock. The next question.

The Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.

Thank you. The supplementary question.

Order.

Interjections.

Start the clock.

The next question. The member for Thornhill.

Supplementary.

There being no further business this morning, this House stands in recess until 3 p.m.

The House recessed from 1147 to 1500.

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

Resuming the debate adjourned on October 17, 2023, on the amendment to the amendment to the motion regarding the Hamas attacks.