Thank you to the member for her comments.

Broadly speaking, I want to ask a question that’s a little bit about infrastructure—it’s an area I spent much of my career doing.

What do we mean by infrastructure? Well, infrastructure is transit systems—and, oh, by the way, we’re doing the biggest transit investment in the history of the province. Oh, by the way, that also gets cars off the road, which is an excellent climate plan. Electricity is infrastructure, and we are—I think 92%, if I’m not mistaken, of the electricity generated in Ontario is greenhouse-gas-free—

Interjections.

Doesn’t it make sense that infrastructure, which is long-term assets, gets paid over the long term—which is what this bill does. Doesn’t the member agree with that?

I very much appreciated the member’s comments this afternoon—as usual, very well researched. And I appreciated as well his comments, the direct feedback he’s had from some of the academic institutions in his area that’s very, very relevant and direct. And I certainly also appreciated his comments and experience he reflected—his time as critic.

But I wanted to ask him a question about freedom of speech. It’s intertwined with the academic mission of post-secondary institutions, but far too often, fears of professional or even personal retributions stand in the way of individuals expressing their views and opinions. So my question to the member is: What will the government be doing to protect freedom of speech on campus?

I thank the member for her comments. As was noted, the comments she made about her family, and listening earlier to the member for Hastings–Lennox and Addington about his family, his situation—and earlier, the parliamentary assistant, the member from Thornhill, also shared her past experience. I find those make the comments so relevant for all of us. I very much appreciate the member sharing those with us.

The government introduced many measures in this area, but like everything, there’s always more to do. This bill contains a number of measures—you mentioned them in your remarks, enforcement measures. In contemplating those important measures, which we believe will increase the quality of care for children, are those measures something the member can support through this bill?

I thank the member for his comments. Chair of the public accounts committee—and I won’t be on the committee anymore; as a result, it’ll run much more efficiently going forward than it did before.

I was very interested in the member’s detailed description of what it’s like being in government, and I was taking notes. It was very effective description of the government. Then, I realized, wait a minute, he’s not in government—and may never be. But I want to react to the comment about being powerless, because it got me thinking about what we’ve done here—

Here is what we’ve done. Infrastructure: $70 billion in transit, $185 billion overall; jobs: 700,000 jobs in this mandate; nurses, comment on nurses, we’ve hired 17,000 last year; on, on and on. Far from powerless, Madam Speaker. I think that’s a very powerful agenda that all of us on this side of the House are proud to be a part of. Wouldn’t you agree and therefore want to support the bill?

I thank the speakers for their comments. Perhaps the member from Beaches–East York—first of all, I’m a little bit hurt. See, I thought that I was her favourite member. But anyway, I’ll get over it.

I want to talk about transit, because—and I’ve got a brother and sister-in-law that live in that riding, in your riding. They talk about transit all the time. This government is investing the most in transit in the history of the province, everywhere. In the city: 34 years, no transit built—we’re getting it done. Isn’t that something the member can support, and will it not have benefits for members in her riding?