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Tue 3 Oct 2000 / Mar 3 Oct 2000 No. 83A No 83A ISSN 1180-2987 Legislative Assembly Assemblée législative of Ontario de l’Ontario First Session, 37th Parliament Première session, 37e législature Official Report Journal of Debates des débats (Hansard) (Hansard) Tuesday 3 October 2000 Mardi 3 octobre 2000 Speaker Président Honourable Gary Carr L’honorable Gary Carr Clerk Greffier Claude L. DesRosiers Claude L. DesRosiers Hansard on the Internet Le Journal des débats sur Internet Hansard and other documents of the Legislative Assembly L’adresse pour faire paraître sur votre ordinateur personnel can be on your personal computer within hours after each le Journal et d’autres documents de l’Assemblée législative sitting. The address is: en quelques heures seulement après la séance est : http://www.ontla.on.ca/ Index inquiries Renseignements sur l’index Reference to a cumulative index of previous issues may be Adressez vos questions portant sur des numéros précédents obtained by calling the Hansard Reporting Service indexing du Journal des débats au personnel de l’index, qui vous staff at 416-325-7410 or 325-3708. fourniront des références aux pages dans l’index cumulatif, en composant le 416-325-7410 ou le 325-3708. Copies of Hansard Exemplaires du Journal Information regarding purchase of copies of Hansard may Pour des exemplaires, veuillez prendre contact avec be obtained from Publications Ontario, Management Board Publications Ontario, Secrétariat du Conseil de gestion, Secretariat, 50 Grosvenor Street, Toronto, Ontario, M7A 50 rue Grosvenor, Toronto (Ontario) M7A 1N8. Par 1N8. Phone 416-326-5310, 326-5311 or toll-free téléphone : 416-326-5310, 326-5311, ou sans frais : 1-800-668-9938. 1-800-668-9938. Hansard Reporting and Interpretation Services Service du Journal des débats et d’interprétation 3330 Whitney Block, 99 Wellesley St W 3330 Édifice Whitney ; 99, rue Wellesley ouest Toronto ON M7A 1A2 Toronto ON M7A 1A2 Telephone 416-325-7400; fax 416-325-7430 Téléphone, 416-325-7400 ; télécopieur, 416-325-7430 Published by the Legislative Assembly of Ontario Publié par l’Assemblée législative de l’Ontario 4333 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ASSEMBLÉE LÉGISLATIVE OF ONTARIO DE L’ONTARIO Tuesday 3 October 2000 Mardi 3 octobre 2000 The House met at 1330. unveiling at the cenotaph of the village of Arthur in Prayers. Wellington county. The Arthur Legion held a special ceremony to commemorate Arthur residents who served our country during the Second World War by inscribing MEMBERS’ STATEMENTS their names on the cenotaph. I was moved by the sheer number of names that were included in this ceremony. Members of this Legislature will find it interesting to WOMEN’S SHELTERS note that near the end of the Second World War, the village of Arthur was believed to have the highest ratio of Mrs Marie Bountrogianni (Hamilton Mountain): residents in uniform. More than one out of every seven Martha House is a 28-bed women’s shelter located in Arthur residents was in uniform, giving it the designation Hamilton, and it is swamped. They are far above their of the most patriotic town. occupancy rate. There are entire families living in hotels Arthur’s support for the war effort did not stop with waiting for rooms to become available in the shelter. enlisted members. Victory bonds, a popular way for the Women and children do not want to be in shelters, but government of the day to raise money for the war effort, they need a safe and secure place to stay while they were highly subscribed to by Arthur residents. At the end recover and readjust. of the third Victory loan, Arthur residents had subscribed The staff of the shelter wrote to Minister Baird months to over $250,000 in war bonds. With a population of only ago about the poor staffing levels they experience and 900 residents, this amount equalled 64% of the assessed their inability to retain staff due to lack of proper value of the village’s taxable property at that time. It is a funding. Often the 28-bed shelter will have one staff most patriotic town indeed. member on duty. It is becoming a question of safety of I would like to congratulate the Arthur Legion for staff as well as burnout and stress. organizing this ceremony to honour residents of Arthur. Hamilton now is accepting the third-highest number of immigrants, following Toronto and Vancouver. Large numbers of women in the shelters don’t speak English. HIGHWAY 404 They cannot communicate their experiences to the staff at the shelters. This is creating a two-tiered victimization. Mr David Caplan (Don Valley East): Since the start If women have placed a criminal charge against their of construction on Highway 404, residents in Don Valley abusive partner, they are eligible for funding for cultural East have expressed their concerns to me. Over the sum- interpreters. But if they are unwilling to place charges, mer, I took the time to survey residents in the area, and I they are ineligible for translators. want to share the results with the House and with the Lenore is the co-director of Mary’s Place, Martha Minister of Transportation today. House and Somerville House. She in on call 24 hours, Some 91% of residents noted an increase in noise seven days a week for a two-week period. She shares this coming from the highway within the past year, and they responsibility with only one other woman. She can clearly indicate an overall increase in the amount of noise receive 10 to 12 calls over Saturday and Sunday, often in at all times, both day and night. Many cannot sit outside the middle of the night and the early hours, for crises their homes, in their own backyards, because the noise which arise for women who suffer not only from abuse drives them back inside. but from their partner’s addiction problems and mental They are concerned about air quality and the amount health issues, women who are afraid for their lives and of pollution from exhaust fumes. They are concerned their children’s. about the increased level of dust due to the construction. It is only sad and unfortunate that it took the brutal I’d certainly like to pay tribute to the many residents deaths this past summer to bring this issue back on the who suggested constructive solutions. Some of the ideas, political agenda. and I just have a sample, include a restriction on the use of truck manifold brakes, greater use of berming, increas- ing the amount of shrubbery, reducing the speed limit in VILLAGE OF ARTHUR the area, and even larger noise barriers. Mr David Tilson (Dufferin-Peel-Wellington-Grey): Overwhelmingly, the people who responded indicated A couple of weeks ago, I had the honour of attending an their desire to meet with Ministry of Transportation offi- 4334 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ONTARIO 3 OCTOBER 2000 cials to find a solution to a significant quality-of-life Why not honour his passing by recognizing his legacy of issue. To that end, I took the liberty of arranging such a welcoming people from around the world to live in this meeting with the ministry and the residents. I expect to country? Why not do the right thing today? Stand up and see hundreds of residents in attendance. This meeting pass my bill. Revoke the awful head tax that we’ve will be held a week from today, Tuesday, October 10, at imposed and welcome orphans to this country that we all 7:30 pm at Seneca Hill Public School. In that spirit of co- love and believe is the greatest in the world. operation, I trust that meaningful solutions will be found 1340 to address their concerns. I trust as well that the ministry and the minister share this optimism. PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT Mr Rosario Marchese (Trinity-Spadina): My HAMILTON AIRPORT statement is on the matter of school playgrounds. I Mr Brad Clark (Stoney Creek): It is with great happen to be one who believes that children ought to pleasure that I take this opportunity to speak about an air- have the right to safe playgrounds. I also happen to be- port in my riding of Stoney Creek that is finally making lieve that the minister thinks so too; she certainly speaks its mark as an affordable and convenient alternative to that way. You know that the school board last week made Pearson International. a commitment of $3 million to construct the playgrounds In 1969, the John C. Munro Hamilton International and they need $9 million more. Parents are talking about Airport, as it was recently renamed, obtained authority fundraising to build these playgrounds. They only need for a Hamilton-to-Montreal and a Hamilton-to-Pittsburgh $9 million more, and I am looking to you, the govern- service. Since then, the airport has been growing, espe- ment and the Minister of Education, to help the Toronto cially in recent years, where the number of passengers board out. who are making the choice to use Hamilton International You also know, Minister and government, that you over Toronto International are increasing not by the were the ones who brought in upgraded safety standards hundreds but by the thousands. The month of August for daycare centres, so if you want to blame the Toronto alone has shown an increase in passengers from 17,086 board for having brought down these playgrounds, you to a whopping 32,825 passengers. That’s in one month ought to take some responsibility yourselves for having alone. That’s an increase of nearly double the number of brought in upgraded safety standards, which I support. passengers. While you think that $9 million may be a lot of money, These facts lead to excellent growth potential and compared to the $180 million you spend on propaganda, employment-generating ability.
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