Journals of the Legislative Assmbly of the Province of Ontario, 1974
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JOURNALS OF THE Legislative Assembly OF TIH: PROVINCE OF ONTARIO From 5th of March to 15th of March, 1974 Both Days Inclusive and from 25th of March to 28th of June, 1974 Both Days Inclusive and 30th of August, 1974 and from 22nd of October to 20th of December, 1974 Both Days Inclusive and from 27th of January to 14th of February, 1975 Both Days Inclusive IN THE TWENTY-THIRD AND TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF OUR SOVEREIGN LADY QUEEN ELIZABETH II BEING THE Fourth Session of the Twenty-Ninth Parliament of Ontario SESSION 1974 Printed by Order of the Legislative Assembly VOL. CVIII INDEX Journals of the Legislative Assembly, Ontario 23-24 ELIZABETH II 1974 4th Session Twenty-ninth Parliament March 5th, 1974 to February 14th, 1975 UDGET: 1. Motion for approval, moved 42. Carried, 223. 2. Budget Statement, 42. 3. Amendments moved, 44, 47. Lost on divisions, 221, 222, 223. BY-ELECTION: 1. Electoral District of Stormont, 140. 2. Electoral District of Carleton East, 159. /CABINET OFFICE: Estimates passed, 152. COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY: 1. Estimates of certain sums required for the service of the Province for the year ending 31st March, 1975 referred to, 28. Reported, 153. Supplementaries, 188. Reported, 196. 2. Chairman reports disorder to Mr. Speaker, 318. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE: 1. Mr. Rowe, Member for the Electoral District of Northumberland, and Mr. Hodgson, Member for the Electoral District of York-North, appointed Chairman and Deputy Chairman, respectively, 12. 2. Mr. Hodgson (York-North) appointed Chairman, 135. 3. Mr. Smith (Simcoe East) appointed Deputy Chairman, 144. pLECTORAL BOUNDARIES COMMISSION: Report received (Sessional Paper No. 133), 182. [111] iv INDEX 1974 GI'lNDON, FEKNAND, ESQUIRE: Notice of resignation, 101. MICE POLICY: 1. Estimates referred to Standing Administration of Justice Committee, 41 Reported, 49. 2. Supply concurred in, 68. T \\VRENCE, A. B. R., ESQUIRK: Notice of resignation, 134. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY: 1. Proclamation calling and meeting, 1. 2. Provision for adjournment over week of March 18th, 21. 3. Provision for not sitting in the Chamber on Wednesdays, 25. 4. Debates on motion to adjourn under Standing Order 28 (a), 31, 52, 107, 175, 219. 5. Consent to sit at 10:00 a.m. Monday, April 8th, 1974, 35. 6. Adjournment over Easter, 43. 7. Adjournment from May 17th until May 21st, 76. 8. Provision to sit at 10:00 a.m. and to sit past 10:30 p.m., 112. 9. Provision to sit Wednesday, June 26th, 117. 10. Provision for summer adjournment, 126. 11. Adjournment August 30th to a date to be named by the Lieutenant Governor, 132. 12. Provision to sit Wednesday, October 30th, 137. 13. Provision for not sitting November llth, 148. 14. Provision for sitting Wednesday, November 13th, 149. 15. Member for Ottawa Centre ordered from the Chamber, 160. Re-admitted, 160. 16. Motion to adjourn lost on division, 164. 17. Provision to sit past 10:30 p.m., 191. 18. Provision to sit Wednesday, December 18th, 192. 19. Provision for early sitting, 194. 20. Provision for adjournment over Christmas, 199. 21. Provision for sitting Wednesday, February 12th, 219. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR: 1. His speech at opening, 2. 2. Assents to Bills: See Bill Index Blue Section. 3. Transmits Estimates, 28, 50, 59, 64. 4. Informed of the election of Hon. Russell D. Rowe as Speaker, 133. 5. Estimates passed, 152. 6. Her speech at closing, 225. 1974 INDEX BOARD OF CABINET: 1Y/JAXAGEMENT 1 . Estimates referred to Miscellaneous Estimates Committee, 67. Reported 117. 2. Supply concurred in, 122. MINISTRY: also the See Office of Premier, Speaker, Cabinet Office, Management Board, Provincial Auditor, Justice Policy, Resources Development Policy, Social Development Policy. MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD: Estimates passed, 90, 93, 95. Supplementaries, 193. MINISTRY OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL: 1. Estimates referred to Standing Administration of Justice Committee, 41. Reported, 61. 2. Supply concurred in, 68. MINISTRY OF COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES: 1. Estimates referred to Standing Social Development Committee, 60. Reported, 111. 2. Supply concurred in, 114. 3. Supplementary Estimates passed, 194. MINISTRY OF COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES: 1. Estimates referred to Standing Social Development Committee, 60. Reported, 108. 2. Supply concurred in, 114. 3. Supplementary Estimates passed, 194. MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AND COMMERCIAL RELATIONS: Estimates passed, 136, 145. MINISTRY OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES: Estimates passed, 45, 48. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION: Estimates passed, 147, 150. Supplementaries, 196. MINISTRY OF ENERGY: Estimates passed, 64. MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT: 1. Estimates referred to Standing Resources Development Committee, 50. Reported, 139. VI INDEX 1974 2. Estimates concurred in, 175. 3. Supplementary Estimates passed, 193. MINISTRY OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES: Estimates passed, 73, 77. Supplementaries, 191. MINISTRY OF HEALTH: Estimates passed, 143, 153. Supplementaries, 196. MINISTRY OF HOUSING: Estimates passed, 150, 152. Supplementaries, 193. MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND TOURISM: Estimates passed, 141, 153. MINISTRY OF LABOUR: 1. Estimates referred to Standing Resources Development Committee, 50. Reported, 143. 2. Estimates concurred in, 175. MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES: 1. Estimates referred to Standing Resources Development Committee, 50. Reported, 82. 2. Supply concurred in, 97. 3. Supplementary Estimates passed, 193. MINISTRY OF REVENUE: 1. Estimates referred to Miscellaneous Estimates Committee, 67. Reported, 146. 2. Estimates concurred in, 175. 3. Supplementary Estimates passed, 193. MINISTRY OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL: 1 . Estimates referred to Standing Administration of Justice Committee, 41 . Reported, 66. 2. Supply concurred in, 68. MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS: 1. Estimates referred to Standing Resources Development Committee, 50. Reported, 158. 2. Estimates concurred in, 175. 3. Supplementary estimates passed, 193. MINISTRY OF TREASURY, ECONOMICS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS: Estimates passed, 152. 1974 INDEX Ml ESCARPMENT PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT, 1973: Order made under confirmed (O.K. 118/74), 157. FFICE OF THE PREMIER: Estimates passed, 152. ONTARIO COMMISSION ON THE LEGISLATURE: Third Report (Sessional Paper No. 121), 165. pATERSON, DONALD A., ESQUIRE: Order pursuant to section 9 of The Legislative Assembly Act, 114. PETITIONS: See: Sessional Paper Index Green Section. PROCLAMATIONS : Convening Assembly, 1. PROVINCIAL AUDITOR: 1. Estimates referred to Procedural Affairs Committee, 67. Reported, 116. 2. Supply concurred in, 122. PROVINCIAL SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE: 1. Estimates referred to Standing Administration of Justice Committee, 41. Reported, 49. 2. Supply concurred in, 68. PROVINCIAL TREASURER: 1. Authorized to pay the salaries of the Civil Service and other necessary payments pending the voting of Supply for the fiscal year commencing April 1st, 1974, 29. UESTIONS: Answers tabled (No. 3) (Return Sessional Paper No. 35), 46. (Nos. 1, 6, 9, 15), 75. (No. 14), 76. (No. 2} (Return Sessional Paper No. 44), 81. (Nos. 10, 11, 12, 16, 18, 20, 22), 117. (No. 17) (Return Sessional Paper No. 80), 117. (Nos. 7, 24), 166. (No. 4), 170. (Nos. 27, 33, 35, 36), 207. (No. 23) (Return Sessional Paper No. 157), 207. (No. 31) (Return Sessional Paper No. 158), 207. (No. 32), 221. viii INDEX 1974 RI- CORDED VOTES: ^^ For Bills, see Tables: 1. On Address and Reply to the Speech of the Honourable the Lieutenant Governor, 40. 2. On Motion to sit at 10:00 a.m. and past 10:30 p.m., 112. 3. On Motion to pursuant Standing Order 87 (i) by Mr. Nixon (Brant), 138. By Mr. Lewis, 15*. 4. On Motion to adjourn, 164. 5. On Motion to sit past 10:30 p.m., Tuesday, December 17th, 191. 6. On Budget debate, 222. RESOLUTIONS DEBATED: 1. Mr. Young re: Control and Maintenance of fire extinguishers, 51. 2. Mr. Ewen re: Vehicular traffic stopping when encountering school bu^ - with signals flashing, 60. 3. Mr. Drea re: Granting of licences for the sale of gasoline and restaurant facilities, on the Province's controlled-access highways, 81. 4 Mr. White re: Parkway Planning Development Act, 113. 5. Mr. Nixon (Brant) re: Inflationary pressures on the cost of living, 138. 6. Mr. Lewis re: Transportation planning for Ontario, 159. 7. Mr. Walker re: Ontario Lottery, 189. 8. On Notice of Motions re: Electoral Boundaries, 203, 204, 206. RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT POLICY: Estimates passed, 137. sAMIS, GEORGE ROY, ESQUIRE: Takes his seat in the House, 140. SELECT COMMITTEE ON COMPANY LAW: Substitution in membership, 109, 124. SELECT COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL NATIONALISM: Reports, 107, 134, 201, 202. SELECT COMMITTEE ON LAND DRAINAGE: 1. Authorized to sit concurrently with the House, 23. 2. Final Report, 105. Si LECT COMMITTEE ON MOTORIZED SNOW VEHICLES AND ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES : Final Report, 23. M I.ECT COMMITTEE ON THE UTILIZATION OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES: 1. Interim Report No. 3, 134. 2. Final Report, 212. 1974 INDEX IX SELECT COMMITTEES: Authorized to release their reports during recess, 126. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY: Estimates passed, 153. SPEAKER: 1. Reports obtaining a copy of His Honour's Speech, 8. 2. Delivers ruling re: Ministers' discretion to decline to answer any question, 18. 3. Estimates referred to Procedural Affairs Committee, 67. Reported, 121. 4. Delivers ruling re : Standing Committee hearing Boards and Commissions, 86. 5. Delivers ruling re: Wednesday being a sessional day, 87. 6. Informs House of resignation of Fernand Guindon, Esquire (Stormont), 101. 7. Clerk informs House of vacancy in the office of Speaker of the Assembly owing to resignation of Mr. Allan E. Reuter, 133. 8. Russell D. Rowe, Esquire, Member for the Electoral District of North- umberland elected as Speaker, 133. 9. The Honourable the Lieutenant Governor informed of Hon. Mr. Rowe's election as Speaker, 133. 10. Informs House of a vacancy in the membership of the House by reason of the resignation of A. B. R. Lawrence, Esquire (Carleton East), 134. 11. Informs House of receipt of certificate of a by-election in the Electoral District of Stormont, 140. 12. Informs House of receipt of certificate of a by-election in the Electoral District of Carleton East, 159.