Good morning. Let us pray.

Prayers.

Resuming the debate adjourned on April 9, 2024, on the motion for second reading of the following bill:

Bill 180, An Act to implement Budget measures and to enact and amend various statutes / Projet de loi 180, Loi visant à mettre en oeuvre les mesures budgétaires et à édicter et à modifier diverses lois.

Questions to the member for Ottawa Centre?

I beg to inform the House that the following document was tabled: a report entitled 2022-23 Interprovincial Budget Comparison, from the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario.

That concludes our introduction of visitors for this morning.

Members will please take their seats.

To respond, the government House leader.

Interjections.

To reply for the government, the government House leader.

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

Government House leader.

Interjection.

Minister of Energy.

The next question.

Supplementary question? The member for Kiiwetinoong.

The Minister of Children, Community and Social Services.

To reply, the Attorney General.

And the supplementary question? The member for Niagara Falls.

Interjections.

The next question.

Supplementary question.

Interjections.

The next question.

Members will please take their seats.

The Minister of Children, Community and Social Services.

The division bells rang from 1145 to 1150.

On April 9, 2024, Ms. Clancy moved second reading of Bill 170, An Act to amend the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, the City of Toronto Act, 2006 and the Municipal Act, 2001 to implement various measures respecting rental accommodation.

All those in favour, please rise and remain standing until recognized by the Clerk.

Second reading negatived.

Deferred vote on the motion that the question now be put on the motion for second reading of the following bill:

Bill 180, An Act to implement Budget measures and to enact and amend various statutes / Projet de loi 180, Loi visant à mettre en oeuvre les mesures budgétaires et à édicter et à modifier diverses lois.

The division bells rang from 1154 to 1155.

On April 10, Mr. Leardi moved that the question be now put. All those in favour of the motion, please rise one at a time and be recognized by the Clerk.

Mr. Bethlenfalvy has moved second reading of Bill 180, An Act to implement Budget measures and to enact and amend various statutes. Is it the pleasure of the House that the motion carry? I heard some noes.

All those in favour of the motion will please say “aye.”

All those opposed will please say “nay.”

In my opinion, the ayes have it.

Interjection: Same vote.

Call in the members. This is another five-minute bell.

The division bells rang 1158 to 1159.

Second reading agreed to.

I recognize the government House leader.

This House stands in recess until 1 p.m.

The House recessed from 1203 to 1300.

Mr. Calandra moved first reading of the following bill:

Bill 185, An Act to amend various Acts / Projet de loi 185, Loi modifiant diverses lois.

First reading agreed to.

So we’re in petitions. As members know, the standing orders were recently amended, and just for the benefit of the House, I’m going to, once again, remind members of the standing order: “A member may present a petition in the House during the afternoon routine ‘petitions’. The member may make a brief statement summarizing the contents of the petition and indicating the number of signatures attached thereto,” but shall not read the text of the petition.

No member so far has read the text of the petition. I appreciate that. I would continue to ask members to keep their explanations of the petition as brief as possible.

Start the clock. Petitions?

Would the member for Essex care to lead off the debate?