Good morning. Let us pray.

Prayers.

We have with us in the west public gallery today seven teachers from across the province participating in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario Teachers’ Forum. Please join me in warmly welcoming some of our province’s educators to the legislature today.

To reply for the government, the Solicitor General.

The Solicitor General.

Member for Hamilton Mountain and the member for Waterloo will please come to order.

Supplementary.

Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade.

Minister of Colleges and Universities.

The next question.

Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.

And the supplementary question.

The Minister of Health.

The Premier.

Thank you very much.

The next question.

Minister of Energy.

Supplementary.

Order. The next question.

That concludes our question period for this morning.

Deferred vote on the motion for second reading of the following bill:

Bill 179, An Act to establish the Adjudicative Tribunal Justice Council and to improve the transparency, independence and capacities of administrative tribunals / Projet de loi 179, Loi visant à créer le Conseil de justice régissant les tribunaux décisionnels et à améliorer la transparence, l’indépendance et les capacités des tribunaux décisionnels.

The division bells rang from 1141 to 1146.

On April 18, 2024, Mr. Hsu moved second reading of Bill 179, An Act to establish the Adjudicative Tribunal Justice Council and to improve the transparency, independence and capacities of administrative tribunals.

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

Second reading negatived.

The House recessed from 1150 to 1300.

Members may now take their seats.

First reading agreed to.

The member did not read the text of the petition; I’m not suggesting that she did. But I would ask the members to keep the presentation of their petitions brief.

Petitions. The member for Sudbury.

Point of order: the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

The member for Nickel Belt.

Mr. Parsa moved second reading of the following bill:

Bill 188, An Act to amend the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017 and various other Acts / Projet de loi 188, Loi modifiant la Loi de 2017 sur les services à l’enfance, à la jeunesse et à la famille et diverses autres lois.

Would the minister care to lead off the debate?