I would like to introduce a local hero from Innisfil, Innisfil’s fire chief, Brent Thomas; and a hero for many families in Ontario, Dawn Mucci, the founder and CEO of Lice Squad who’s here with the Canadian Franchise Association. Welcome.

I often say that steelworkers make great leaders. We have steelworker leaders here joining us: Sean Staddon from Sudbury, Roopchand Doon, Lorei De Los Reyes and Scott Weaver. I don’t see Jordan Rego, but if I know Jordan, he’s somewhere in the building. Welcome to Queen’s Park.

I’d like to welcome Monique Belair, fire chief, and Don Carter, deputy fire chief, of Kingston Fire and Rescue. And I spy friend Mike Cavanaugh, who’s representing Toyota here today.

Bear with me. I have a number of introductions to make.

I’d like to begin by welcoming Dave Paxton, acting fire chief from Thunder Bay Fire Rescue, and Kent Readman, fire chief of Loyalist fire and emergency services. Welcome to Queen’s Park. I look forward to meeting with you.

I’d also like to welcome USW members Sean Staddon, Roopchand Doon and Kim Hume.

Finally, I would like to welcome the family members who came here this morning to speak on behalf of their relatives who are being—

That concludes our members’ statements for this morning.

It gives me great pleasure to welcome to the House members and representatives of the Canadian Franchise Association, led by their vice-chair, Mr. Todd Wylie. Welcome to the House.

My question is to the Premier. Back in February, I asked the Premier about discrepancies in his chief of staff’s testimony to the Integrity Commissioner. You’re going to recall that Mr. Sackville testified that he didn’t discuss removal criteria related to the greenbelt with anyone until October 27. We now have evidence that he actually got an email with all the greenbelt removal criteria to his personal email account 10 days earlier.

Can the Premier explain why his chief of staff provided false testimony to the Integrity Commissioner?

Why did the Premier’s right-hand man apparently mislead the Integrity Commissioner on multiple occasions, and what consequences is he going to face?

This is the third senior staff member from this Premier’s office to have been caught given inaccurate testimony to the Integrity Commissioner. This is a government that has shown they have no respect for the people’s right to know.

I want to remind the government that their former minister was forced to resign when it was revealed that he lied under oath to the Integrity Commissioner about—

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As we welcome so many fire chiefs here today from throughout Ontario, I want to especially welcome my friend, the president of the Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs, Deputy Chief Rob Grimwood. Welcome to the Ontario Legislature.

I want to welcome all the fire chiefs that are here from across the province of Ontario, but I’d also like to give a special welcome to Jo Zambito, the fire chief of the Niagara Falls Fire Department. I’m looking forward to our meeting at 12 o’clock today. Welcome.

I’d like to introduce, from the great riding of God’s country, Craig McFarlane, the vice president of Linwood Homes.

As a firefighter, I appreciate everything that these fire chiefs do and I’d like to send a special welcome out to, from my home community of Chatham-Kent, Chief Chris Case.

I, too, would like to welcome fire chiefs. A special welcome to Gene Thompson, Brighton fire chief; Jeff Ogden, Port Hope fire chief; and Kevin Ashfield, deputy chief for Cobourg. I’d also like to thank Mark MacDonald and all the firefighters who contribute valuable service on our section 21 committee as well.

A big welcome to Dave Upper and Andrea DeJong from St. Catharines fire.

I also have a very special thing to tell the House today: that it is my seatmate the member for Bruce–Grey–Owen Sound’s “big five” birthday, so I just want to welcome him to see this place.

I’d like to wish my good friend and colleague Jennie Stevens a happy 60th birthday today.

I would like to welcome Oliver Stone, general manager with Chartwell Retirement Residences, and a very special shout-out to my very own fire chief for Vaughan, Chief Andrew Zvanitajs, also known as Chief Andy. Welcome.

I have a couple of introductions. First, I would like to welcome the fire chief from South Glengarry, Dave Robertson. Welcome.

And then, as well, it’s my pleasure to introduce the Mental Health Commission of Canada to the Ontario Legislature. Today is an important day at Queen’s Park for men’s mental health. Please come by and show your support in room 228/230 from 12 to 2. I’d like to welcome Michel Rodrigue, CEO of Mental Health Commission of Canada; the platoon chief with Burlington Fire and keynote speaker, Steve Jones; as well as co-chair of the federal mental health caucus MP Matt Jeneroux.

I’d like to welcome representatives from the OAFC here today, in particular Dave Robertson, James Waffle, Bruce Morrison, Jeff Ogden and, from the Thunder Bay fire service, Mr. David Paxton. To all firefighters here in the House today, thank you for your service.

I’d like to welcome, from Central York Fire Services, Deputy Chief Jeremy Inglis. Welcome.

I’d like to wish a warm welcome to two members of the fire service who I’ve worked with over the years, incredible people: the deputy fire chief from the city of Windsor, James Waffle, and the fire chief from the town of Amherstburg, Bruce Montone.