It's now time for Question Period, the leader of Her Majesty's Board of Opposites. Thank you very much, my question to the Premier on the motion that we've tabled with the Chair. I do want to say in the light of the Premier's position on Bill 74, I've been in politics for a long time. I've seen people take two sides of an issue. I've never in my life seen somebody take three sides of an issue. That's not the kind of leadership I need in the province. And it's just further evidence, Speaker, that we desperately need change in our province. And when we see the cancellation of the Oakville Gas Plant, a $1.1 billion, to put forward the interest of Liberal Party head of taxpayers, we've seen 10 months of indecision, we've seen 36 panels. I just got to ask a question. In light of the lack of decisions, except to save Liberal seats, why should we trust you to run the province of Ontario?  And I will not tolerate anything else. Premier? Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. You know, Mr. Speaker, yesterday I had the privilege of being at Centennial College and being part of an announcement about an investment into a program that is going to allow young people to get experience in the aerospace industry, Mr. Speaker, which is an absolutely leading and important industry in this province, Mr. Speaker. In fact, 14 of 25 manufacturers, Mr. Speaker, in the aerospace industry, 14 of 25 in the world are here, Mr. Speaker, in Ontario. To our strengths as a province, I would have thought, Mr. Speaker, that the leader of the opposition would have been supportive of that kind of job creator, that kind of investment in people and infrastructure that is going to help the economy, is going to help people get into the economy, is going to create jobs. I would have thought that he would have been supportive of that, Mr. Speaker. Premier, I just want to see a government that's not corrupt. I want to see a government that's not morally bankrupt. That's why. I'm just going to caution. So let's stay away from the kind of language that could be inflammatory, and I would ask the member to follow that request. You know, the Premier continues to put the interest of Liberal Party ahead of the interest of hardworking taxpayers. We put a motion on the floor of the House to say that we simply cannot trust the Liberals to run the province voluntarily. Clearly, that's what I hear from Ontarians around this province. We're losing jobs. We're losing more manufacturing jobs in Hamilton. We have folks in the corner of the racetrack who are facing closure. And quite frankly, despite the NDP protests, that track would not be closing without the support of the NDP and the Liberals. So the question is, if the NDP actually suddenly agrees with us instead of siding with the Liberals in each and every vote, if they say they're on the side of Ontario families and agree with us that we can't trust the Liberal government instead of being patsies for the Liberals, will you then say let's go to the people, let's actually have them decide we can forge forward to get better answer? Mr. Speaker, what we want to do on this side of the House is give people the opportunity to get the training that they need, make sure that communities have the infrastructure that they need, Mr. Speaker, so that we can continue to bring business to the province. We want an economy that's going to thrive and we have a plan, Mr. Speaker, to make those investments. And we are executing that plan, Mr. Speaker. What we are not going to do is make a 180-degree turn and cancel the services that people need. Firework, Mr. Speaker. The Minister of Rural Affairs come to order the member from the NDP and Carl can come to order the member from Lent and Kent Middlesex come to order and I'll catch the rest of you in the next time around. Policies, Mr. Speaker, that we are putting in place, including those around the horse racing industry and I know that the leader of the third party has a newfound interest in horse racing in Fort Erie, Mr. Speaker, but the reality is that the public policy that was in place as a result of their government was not planned. It was not accountable, Mr. Speaker. It had to be changed. We have changed it and my hope is that the race tracks across the province will have a sustainable future. Well, frankly, the premier caused the crisis and she signed the document that sold the province down the river to between $1.1 billion.  Here's the reality across the province. Hydro rates have doubled. We've lost 300,000 manufacturing jobs. People are worried about keeping their job, let alone the pay raise that they need in this province in the private sector. The horse racing industry is in jeopardy. The reality is to get anything done, you need two parties in our legislature to support that agenda. So far, the liberals and the NDP have been hand in glove driving for this agenda that's resulted in doubling Hydro rates, the closure potentially of race tracks across the province. The NDP changes their mind and says, you know what? We're actually saying enough is enough. We can't trust this liberal government. If they support our motion, well, that means you'll actually put the vote, the people of Ontario, decide to move forward. Thank you. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. And I want to pick up on something that the leader of the opposition said. And you know, I acknowledge that we are in fragile economic times. You look around jurisdictions around the world, Mr. Speaker. We're in fragile economic times. So I do not believe that firing 10,000 education workers and 2,000 healthcare workers and putting in place right to work legislation, Mr. Speaker, that would drive down workplace to the lowest common denominator and in fact, kill jobs, Mr. Speaker. That is not the route that I believe is responsible, Mr. Speaker. So we're not going to take that route. That is the route that is laid out by the leader of the opposition. So we believe that the investments in people and in infrastructure and in a business climate that will bring business to the province is where we should go, Mr. Speaker, which is what the announcement yesterday was about. The aerospace industry is one of our strengths. That's the kind of strategic investment that needs to be made in order for this economy to thrive. We're going to continue on that path, Mr. Speaker. You see it, please? You see it, please? You see it? And I'm actually telling everybody to stop acting. New question to the members? Mr. Speaker, my question as well is to the Premier. Speaker, the Premier has no mandate from the people of Ontario. She is providing over the largest political scandal in Ontario's history and a new opinion poll says Ontarians want an election over the gas plant scandal. It says somebody should be thrown in jail over this $1.1 billion scandal. And I believe those results, Speaker, because when I am an Osgoode or Kors or North Gore or Nippian, the same people that are being asked in these polls are telling the same thing to me. They think they ought to be thrown in jail. Voters have lost confidence in this Liberal Party. It seems the only person with any confidence in this Liberal Party is the leader of the New Democrats, who, by the way, sat idly party candidates lost the race trap program. His legislature adopts our opposition motion next Wednesday that says that the voters have lost trust in your party. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There's a little bit much that the Leader of the Opposition, the members of the Progressive Conservative Party have stood up and made all this noise about wanting to clear the decks and get on with legislation involving employment, involving creating jobs for Ontarians. Right now, we have Bill 105 in front of the legislature, Mr. Speaker. And instead of finishing the debate on Bill 105 and allowing it to proceed to the next stage, we're engaging in all sorts of efforts to delay their bringing forward these mischievous motions, Mr. Speaker. The other part of it is that under the standing orders of this legislation, this is simply a stunt by the opposition. While, Mr. Speaker, it's time that the opposition start to focus on jobs for the province of Ontario. Let Bill 105, which lowers taxes for a small business group, and stop focus. Thank you, supplementary. I'd like to go back to the Premier of Ontario because this relates directly to the confidence and the trust that people of this province have in her. The forum research poll was quite clear. People don't view them as a trusted government. They view them as a bunch of criminals. Minister of Transportation. This goes to a vote. It is very important that this motion be listened to. This is a Premier who would prefer to set up panels across the province so that everyone in the province is on one so she can feel that she's having a conversation. But what we learn in those conversations, particularly at the Justice Committee Speaker, is that their government is at the very root of a very corrupt scheme in Oakville and Mississauga. Stop the clock for a moment, please. I'm trying to do my job, so I don't need to do my job. I'm chair of quarterbacks and I care what the member said and I'm not impressed again. We will stay away from any references to any member in this place as involved in criminality and I'm asking the member to stay away from that. Carry on. Thanks. Now that the Liberals are ignoring Ontarians and their wishes and the NDP continues to prop them up, I'd like to know what she has promised the NDP when our party puts forward our motion. I'd really like to know Premier, if you are... Thank you. Thank you. Government House Leader. You know, Mr. Speaker, they can't have it both ways. They can't stand here in the House and say over and over again that the cancellation of the power plants was the worst thing to befall civilization since the plague or the Macarena and forget the fact that they stood up in the campaign aggressively and said vote for us and the power plants will be cancelled. That their candidates had robocalls and fliers and tweets that they went door to door saying vote for a progressive, conservative government and the plants will be cancelled. Mr. Speaker, it was a promise they made and a promise we kept. It was a promise that was made by every single party in this legislature and the honourable member cannot deny that fact. Thank you. Final supplementary. Back to the Premier of Ontario. Mr. Transportation and infrastructure come to order. On to the opposition's questions over a very important matter of trust and confidence. She has lost their confidence and never was able to get it in the first place because she has no mandate from the electorate. Not only will I debunk what this Government House Leader has said with respect to plants, I have the words from the Auditor General, as does the rest of the people of this province. You are behind that Oakville power plant cancellation. You cost the taxpayers this province $1.1 billion and I want to know from the Premier's own mouth will she listen to our confidence motion next week? Will she tell the people of the province that she will listen to them when they don't trust her? Premier, yes or no? Will you have the courage of your conviction to vote in this House next week or not? Thank you. Thank you. First of all, Mr. Speaker, it's not a confident... Member from Prince Edward Hastings second time. Sure, yes. First of all, it's not a confidence motion. The member knows that. I direct the member to go to the website of Mayor Rob Burton of Oakville. He has a section called timeline related to this and I want to hear this. On September 25th, 2011 this is what I'm quoting PC leader Tim Houdak says the Oakville power plant cancellation cost $1 billion and suggests because you were yelling so loud you didn't hear me even with my mic on. The member from Stormont will come to order. Carry on. And suggests the Mississauga power plant cancellation may cost another billion. On October 5th, 2011 Mr. Rural Affairs come to order. In front of the still under construction Mississauga power plant, PC leader Tim Houdak promises to stop the power plant if he wins the election after only days before warning that he sure may cost another billion dollars, Mr. Speaker. That is the testimony of Mayor Rob Burton of Oakville and I invite the honorable member to check out that website. Thank you, Speaker. My question is for the Premier. I'm joined in the legislature by four horse families from Fort Erie. They're wondering why the Premier is killing racing in their community and whether it's just so that the Liberals And if it continues, I might jump right to warnings. We will have civility here. Finish your question, please. And whether it's just so the Liberals can help out the newly privatized woodbind track, pad their profit margins, the kind of track that people prefer as well, Speaker. Is the Premier ready to meet Mr. Speaker? And explain to them why she thinks the Fort Erie track should not have a future of racing in Fort Erie. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Well, I welcome the folks from Fort Erie here today and I would just say that the leader of the third party is absolutely wrong. I want there to be a future for the horse racing at Fort Erie, Mr. Speaker. The robust and sustainable horse racing industry across the province. That is not what we had in place, Mr. Speaker. There was an unaccountable untransparent system in place, Mr. Speaker. It had to be changed. When I came into this office, I said that I was going to make sure that we had an integrated system with the OLG so that horse racing across this province would have a future because I believe that it is an important part of our culture. The culture in rural communities around the province, Mr. Speaker, and it's important to the province. So I want Fort Erie to have a future. It may not be exactly the same as its past, but I want it to have a future and the plan we thought in place will allow for that, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the liberals are gambling on the future of horse racing and the Premier should know that the stakes are real. Henry and Claudia Wheeling are here today. They've had to meet with the bank about how they can keep their home and the stress has caused Henry to have a heart attack. The government is pulling the rug out from under them, but still trying to roll out the red carpet for private casinos, even while community after community rejects those private casinos. The Premier's admitted that the government's so-called modernization plan was a mistake. Will she let families like the Whalands pay for that stake, Speaker, or will she back away from a plan that just is not working? Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Well, as I said, I have been clear from the outset that there is a future for Fort Erie. The reality is that the track will need to work with the Ontario Racing Commission as the other tracks will need to, Mr. Speaker, to make sure that there is a plan in place. The Minister of Rural Affairs is warned. Carry on. $400 million into horse racing over the next five years, Mr. Speaker, and each one of the tracks around the province has the opportunity to work with the Ontario Racing Commission to make the case for a business plan. That is the responsible way forward, Mr. Speaker. We want a horse racing industry that is sustainable and for which the success is tied to the usage by people who go to the track. We want that to be the benchmark. There was no benchmark under the slots program, Mr. Speaker. There was no benchmark. There was no transparency. We need that transparency. Thank you. Final supplementary. Twelve-year-old Kayla is with us today, too, Speaker. Her dad and her brother have had to move to Florida to find work. Kayla grew up on a farm and horses have been part of her life since she can remember. But instead of working with families the Premier has taken away their livelihood and her livelihood. Kayla asked to put this question to the Premier, and so I'm going to do it. What does the Premier think is going to happen to the horses that have been raised and trained by families like hers when there's nowhere to race those horses and those families can't afford to keep them anymore? Thank you. So I'm not sure where Kayla is, but I want Kayla to know that the tracks that I have visited, the horse families that I have, the racing families that I have spoken to, the people I've spoken to in the horse racing industry are exactly they are the reason that I was so committed when I came into this job that we would put a plan in place that would allow the tracks like Fort Erie to work with the Ontario Racing Commission. So I want Fort Erie to have a future. I want horse racing to have a future. It was one of my priorities. It's one of the reasons I took on the role as Minister of Agriculture and Food. So I want the people in this gallery to know that there is an opportunity for Fort Erie to work with the Ontario Racing Commission and to put in place a sustainable plan for the future. That is why we wanted to bring the plan out early so that people who are breeding horses would know that the plan was in place. $400 million. Thank you. Christina, please. Thank you. My next question is also for the Premier. The Premier said that she killed racing at Fort Erie because this Lotsat race track program wasn't affordable or transparent. She just said that earlier this morning. Jim T. Bear, the CEO of Fort Erie Race Track, is here with us today. Jim made sure that the track at Fort Erie opened their books to auditors and to the public. Will the Premier ensure that the newly private Woodbine race track has to open its books so Ontarians have the same level of accountability and transparency for that track. Mr. Speaker, absolutely. I think what the leader of the third party is alluding to is the reality that as we went into the transition, Mr. Speaker, there were audits that were done of each of the tracks in the province and those audits contained commercially sensitive information. And that was the agreement with the tracks, Mr. Speaker. There is currently an audit being done by the Auditor General of the Slots at Race Track Program, Mr. Speaker. Obviously when that report comes out that report will be public and will be available to all members of the legislature and the public, Mr. Speaker. But make no mistake, we needed to make a change to the program that had been put in place that was unaccountable, that had been put in place by the previous government. We're making that change but we're making it in a way that horse racing must have a sustainable future, Mr. Speaker. Supplementary. The government did conduct an audit of race tracks to see how SART money was being spent and Jim Deep-T-Bear and the folks from Fort Erie gladly opened up their books. But the Premier is keeping the Woodbine audit under wraps. She is not making that information public because it's commercially sensitive, sounds like the gas plants to me. She says she wants to be accountable and open. In fact, she's got a panel to tell her how exactly to do that. Do I need to be a member of that panel, Speaker, to suggest that she release the Woodbine audit? Well, if you'd like to be part of that panel, you may be part of that panel, Mr. Speaker. But I, the reality is, as I have said, in order to work with tracks to go through a transition so that we could redesign a program that would be sustainable. There were audits that were done of each of the tracks, Mr. Speaker. Those were done confidentially. That was the agreement with the tracks, Mr. Speaker. And that there is commercially sensitive information as part of those audits. There is currently an audit that's being done by the auditor general and that report will be made public, Mr. Speaker. If there had been misconduct discovered, Mr. Speaker, in the third party audits, then that would have been sent to the authorities. Going forward, we have put a sustainable plan in place. And I think it's interesting to note, Mr. Speaker, that I have heard absolutely no strategy from the third party on how they would make course racing sustainable. Thank you. Final supplementary. Gee, uh, Gee, Speaker, I think what the Premier is saying is just trust us. Everything in those audits is on the tickety bill. I don't think the people of Ontario buy that from the Liberal government. I don't think it's a race. Not-for-profit tracks like Fort Erie have opened up their books. Minister of Immigration and Citizenship come to order. The authorities would find we'll do the same. The government has put the livelihoods of the people here today and rural communities across Ontario at risk. At the very least, she should be giving them the openness and the transparency that she likes to harp about but rarely delivers. So, Mr. Speaker, as I said, there has been no plan coming forward from the third party on how they would make course racing in this province sustainable, Mr. Speaker. The suggestion that underlies the leader of the third party's question is that somehow everything was fine under the previous regime that the Flossed Race Track Program was fine, that it was good public policy. That's just not the case, Mr. Speaker. And Fort Erie was struggling under that plan as well, Mr. Speaker. So, the reality is, we have worked very hard with all of the tracks in the province, Mr. Speaker, to put in place a plan that's going to allow them to have a future. My hope is that the people at Fort Erie will work with the Ontario Racing Commission. I want Fort Erie to have a future, Mr. Speaker, not because that's the politically expedient thing to do, Mr. Speaker, but because people's jobs rely on it and because horse racing is an important part of our culture. That's why we're putting the plan in place. Can you see the please? Can you see the please? New question. Member from Whitby, Oshawa. Mr. Speaker, my question is to the Minister of Health. Minister Kim Fletcher, Milton mother with two young children is asking for more time. More time with her nine-year-old son and seven-year-old daughter. After being diagnosed with stage four terminal glioblastoma multi-farm for 18 months to live. Kim's doctors have told her that Avastin will give her more time, in fact, up to 18 months more time. Minister, you and your ministry have denied funding for Avastin for uses other than for colorectal cancer. But in fact, studies show that the use of Avastin with both colorectal cancer and brain cancer is the same. It gives patients more time. If Ms. Fletcher lived in British Columbia, Saskatchewan or Manitoba, Avastin would be covered. Will you commit today to give Kim Fletcher more time and commit to funding Avastin for the cancer? Thank you, Mr. President. Well, thank you, Speaker. And this is a very heart-breaking story. I have followed this particular patient. I've been on the website. I've seen the pictures of Kim Fletcher and her husband are two gorgeous little children. I cannot help, but imagine if this were my own children. Speaker, it is a heart-breaking story. We have passed a law in this legislature that takes the politics out of drug funding. It would be against the law for me to intervene in a particular case for a particular drug. We do have in place a committee to evaluate drugs. It has twice reviewed the evidence using Avastin for this particular condition and twice it has rejected that for lack of evidence. Thank you. Supplementary. I respectfully disagree with the minister. There are several programs under which there is an ability to fund drugs for compassionate purposes of the exceptional access program or the case-by-case review program under Cancer Care Ontario. And surely you have to agree that one of those cases where compassion should be administered. In fact, this is why we pay taxes in the province fund. Exactly. People want their tax money to be used for their fellow Ontarians in their time of need. Minister Kim Fletcher and her husband are here with us today. Will you do the right thing and extend compassion to this family and extend Avastin? Thank you. Do you see the face? Do you see the face? Speaker, this is a family going through an absolutely heartbreaking event in their life. All of us want nothing but the very, very best for this family and for this individual. I do have the committee to evaluate drugs report. These reports are publicly available on the website. As I say, it has been reviewed twice for this condition in July of 2010 and June of 2011. The recommendation is that it not be funded for the treatment of this disease on the basis that treatment has not been proven to improve survival, Speaker. I will happily pass this over. The committee to evaluate drugs will always review new evidence. As a result of their work, Speaker, we've added 300 300 new drugs to the formulary. Speaker, they do hard work. These are very difficult decisions. These are not political decisions. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and good morning to you. My question is to the Minister of Northern Development and Mines. 30 to 50% of operating costs for the mining sector is the price of electricity. And the threshold for the global adjustment program still stands at 1 megawatt, which penalizes missized producers. In Thunder Bay, the government even realize that the electricity supply is not sufficient to support new mining developments. Will the government commit to a real plan for mining development in Ontario by coming up with a plan to increase electricity supply and to deal with the sky-high price of electricity so that mining companies can create good jobs? Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Speaker, we've just received in the last couple of days the report back from the task force for Northwestern Ontario based out of Thunder Bay. They're responding to a plan that's on the OPA website to really invest billions of dollars literally over the foreseeable future in Northwestern Ontario for hydro for electricity and transmission. Mr. Speaker, from the mining industry point of view they will have power when they need it. We've given that commitment we're talking to the people from Northwestern Ontario on that particular issue. In addition to that Mr. Speaker we have introduced supports for energy prices in the north. We have the Northern Ontario Energy Credit, Northern Industrial Electricity Rate Program and a number of other programs Mr. Speaker. We are going to deliver we are delivering for Northwestern Ontario. That includes Thunder Bay and I'm happy to talk to the member personally. Thank you again my question is to the Minister of Northern Development and Mines. Ontario's mining sector has created 27,500 direct jobs and tens of thousands of indirect jobs. The development of the Ring of Fire and numerous other projects in the Northwest will require a skilled workforce by 2020. Yet this program yet this government refuses to play a role in training programs. Mining companies can create jobs but they need the right competitive factor including a trained workforce. Why is this liberal government not investing in a training program so that the people of Ontario can benefit from the immense economic opportunity that mining can create? Mr. Speaker, I'm really pleased to respond to this particularly in light of the fact that we have invested so many significant millions of dollars in fact in terms of skills trading and upgrading related to the great potential of the Ring of Fire we recognize there are many components to the development of this plan. Clearly our work with the First Nations we've recognized how important that is and it's ongoing in a positive way but as the member points out quite accurately we have a mining sector in the province of Ontario that's employing more people than it does ever have. We are the leading jurisdiction for exploration and for production in our mining sector in all of Canada and one of the top ten investment jurisdictions in the world. Certainly in terms of the training aspects to a number of programs, to a number of investments we are preparing the workforce in northwestern Ontario in fact of all of Ontario to be prepared and ready for when the Ring of Fire development moves forward. We're continuing to be prepared. That's all one of the aspects is so crucial so we certainly agree and we're all on the same page of that. Thank you. Thank you Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Minister of Research and Innovation and it deals with the importance of supporting new thriving companies. In my writing of York Southwestern, my constituents strive for quality and well-paying jobs so that they can provide for their families and they also want their children to have a good university or college education so that they can be ready to be the leaders of our future. Ontario's capacity to compete in the global knowledge-based economy depends on how well we can utilize our research strengths and provide the support our entrepreneurs and their businesses need to prosper. We need to ensure that Ontario benefits to the full extent from our knowledge-based economy because our future success and that of our children depends on. Mr. Speaker, through you to the Minister how is our government helping new upcoming companies thrive and succeed? Thank you Mr. Speaker. I want to thank the member from York Southwestern for that important question. Our government recognizes the importance of assisting new companies. Many new start-up companies to compete in the global market. For example, we helped client outlook. This is a water-based company software company that allows hospitals to share digital x-rays and save some money instead of spending money on setting up working stations. In anchor services, we help a company called Fibercast which harnesses its technology in purifying drinking water and treatment of wastewater technologies. Fibercast now employs 70 people in the region. Mr. Speaker, I am proud that our government's track record in helping small innovative companies develop products and services that are helping Ontario and also help people's lives. Thank you. Thank you Mr. Speaker and thank you to the Minister. The backbone of any strong economy starts with providing the necessary support that small and local companies need to thrive. Small companies across our Great Province provide the most jobs to Ontarians and our ability to help them turn great ideas into successful businesses and new employment opportunities is of paramount importance to our economy. And when Ontarians have well-paying jobs to support their families they can take comfort in knowing that future generations are well positioned to prosper and succeed. Mr. Speaker, through you to the Minister could you speak to the initiatives that our government is taking to help small, local and innovative businesses thrive? Thank you, Minister. Thank you Mr. Speaker. I want to thank again the member from York South Reston for that question. Mr. Speaker, our government is taking strong action to ensure that Ontario companies remain globally competitive and have necessary tools to succeed. For example, Mr. Speaker, Bill 105 the Support to Small Business Act is one of the very many steps that our government is taking to help small businesses. This will aim to help small businesses in Ontario but much of their detriment is being delayed in this House, Mr. Speaker. I urge the opposition to stop stalling the passing of Bill 105 so that we can move forward in helping small businesses in this province. When innovative businesses succeed in our province our local economies are going to succeed. Mr. Speaker, we want to make this happen by letting this bill to proceed to the committee in order to help our small businesses across the province of Ontario. Thank you. Your question? The member from Burlington. Today US Steel announced that the massive blast furnaces of the former Stelco plant in Hamilton will shut down permanently by year end. It will be the end of an era in Canadian industrial history. At peak in the 1980s more than 14,000 people were living at Stelco. They built a proud city and helped make our economy stronger. This spring you insisted that the job crisis in Ontario's manufacturing sector was a myth. Do you still believe that today? Good question. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Of course, we and the government are disappointed that US Steel has made this decision unfortunately to end certain operations that have in fact been idle since 2010. Mr. Speaker, we understand Hamilton works, coke making and finishing operations will continue to operate and it's important to note as well that no immediate layoffs will or have occurred and we understand in fact that the company plans to reassign the 47 individual employees that are impacted by this regrettable decision. Mr. Speaker, over 80% of Canada's steel making happens in this province and we're proud of that. In fact, the sector employs more than 17,000 people across the province and indirectly more than 50,000 more. But we will continue to work proactively with the entire sector to spur innovation and attract investment in projects. The members, before I call on the member from Burlington, the member from Renfrew and Nipissing, Pembroke will come to order. Supplementary, please. Thank you, Speaker. I didn't get a good point. Premier, across the bay from my riding skill workers have been making steel for over a century. Your party has been in office for a decade and that time Ontario has lost 300,000 manufacturing jobs. The manufacturing crisis is no myth Premier. It is real. Your government has a role to play Premier and that role is strong leadership. Could we have changed headlines with the plan that offered more affordable industrial power rates? The investments in plant and equipment have saved jobs. We believe it would and truly wish you would take our plan. Premier, if we have to wait until the 2014 budget to hear your jobs plan, will there be any manufacturing jobs left? Thank you. I agree with the member opposite that the steel sector worldwide is facing challenges and in fact the economy as we know in this province is facing challenges. But it's important to remember, Mr. Speaker, that since the bottom of the recession we have created almost 500,000 new jobs. In fact, many of them in the manufacturing sector, 95% of them full-time jobs, Mr. Speaker, and the overwhelming majority of them in the private sector as well. So the pace of job creation when you compare it to other jurisdictions around us, the pace far exceeds that in the United States. In fact, exceeds that substantially among our competitors in the great late states as well. So we have a plan for more work-creating jobs that includes in the steel industry and we will work hard to make sure that those workers who are displaced have the support that they need. Thank you, Speaker. My question is for the Premier. Speaker, Stealtown got its name from the iron and steel works that defined Hamilton for more than a century. Yesterday US Steel announced the permanent shutdown of the iron and steelmaking operations. Since 2010, US Steel has said they could restart their operations if the economy turned around. Speaker, in that time new Democrats have proposed a job-creator tax credit getting sky-high electricity rates under control and an industrial investment tax credit which could have helped to add a hot strip of coal. Glad to see the Tories now actually accept our idea, Speaker. With the status quo, new Democrats believe that Hamilton can come out of this stronger. So why is this government simply throwing up its hands? Thank you, Premier. Minister of Economic Development Trade and Employment. Well, and as the member, the leader of the third party, I know that she agrees with me in saying that I'm so proud of Hamilton and the work that they've been doing over the past years has actually reached the stage where they're the number one jurisdiction in all of Canada for investment and commercial and residential industrial activity there. So the work that is being done, the leadership that's being demonstrated by that city is nothing short of remarkable, Mr. Speaker. And I want to mention as well that we've been working closely with Hamilton Works for a number of years with US Steel to support those workers who unfortunately have faced layoffs in that difficult sector right now. And in fact, the colleague behind me, the Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities, has since 2011, has supported an action center with the Hamilton workers to make sure that those laid off employees are getting the support that they need. We'll continue to do that. But I'm proud of the work that Hamilton's done. I've no doubt they're going to be able to overcome these. Supplementary. Well, Speaker, the Minister's facile boosterism isn't enough. The government can try and pass the buck, or they can stand up for Hamiltonians. Mayor Birchina said, and this is his words, his quote, worse fears come true. The government is standing on the sidelines and watching as those fears come true. Speaker, they can waste a billion dollars on cancelling gas plants to save a few liberal seats in the GTA, but they won't fund a manufacturing investment tax credit that could help businesses across Ontario invest and grow.  Is the Premier going to stop standing by and watching as Stealtown loses its steel-making works, or will she start listening to these Democrats and focus on job creation instead of her own political self-interest? Well, thank you, and Mr. Speaker, you know, we are investing in Hamilton. We are supporting the leadership in Hamilton as they work their way through transitions, including the likes of what we're hearing in the steel worker. But I want to say, Mr. Speaker, we are investing in manufacturing right across this province. In fact, we've committed nearly a billion dollars to support 170 projects in the province's manufacturing sector since 2007. Mr. Speaker, we've been providing relief as well, tax relief to our manufacturers. Of course, we paralleled the federal government earlier in the budget earlier this year to provide the accelerated capital cost allowance. That is a value of nearly a quarter of a billion dollars over the next several years. And of course, through the Southwestern Ontario Development Fund and other mechanisms, we're investing in the manufacturing and other sectors throughout that region of Ontario. We're proud to work with the local leadership to do that. Mr. Speaker, thank you very much. My questions for the Minister of Northern Development has to do with the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund. Minister, one of the chronic constant complaints we hear as northerners from our political opponents is that Northern Ontario doesn't have a voice and that their voice is not heard. Obviously as a northerner, I emphatically reject that premise. Our investments through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund and our increases in funding, and it's important to note, taking that fund from $60 million to $100 million is one very clear indication that in fact the North is being heard and that Northern members continue to deliver for their writings. I know very recently, Minister, you made an announcement on a bit of a renewed, relook, refresh of the programming within the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund and I'm wondering, Minister, if you could share with the House exactly what the programming is going to do to continue that wonderful trend in Northern Ontario. Thank you. We're so very proud of the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund in terms of the jobs it has created, 22,000 jobs created or retained over the last 10 years, you know, thousands of $890 million in investment, but two weeks ago we decided we needed to look and say can we make the program even stronger and we had the opportunity to announce five new programs to basically enhance how the Heritage Fund works and what we recognize while we want to tie it into the priorities that were identified in the growth plan. Existing and emerging sectors in the economy, the ones that are the real priorities for the North. So now what we've done is with the new programs, the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation has aligned programs with those sectors that will maximize benefit for Northerners and even work better than it has in the past. So we've been working with Northern municipalities, Aboriginal communities certainly in this private sector to create a stronger, more diverse economy and I'll look forward in my supplementary. Thank you. I'm going to ask the minister next time to wait for me to acknowledge you before we start. Your microphone will be on. Carry on supplementary. Thank you very much and minister thank you for that response. As mentioned since October 2003 over $860 million towards more than 5,800 projects leveraging over $3 billion in investment. I can tell you in my riding alone there's been tens of millions of dollars of investment through hundreds of projects creating or maintaining close to 1,700 jobs. A few examples in my riding of Thunder Bay Atacocan. New tech metals $300,000 to expand the fab shop for high definition plasma table allowing them to bid on jobs they previously couldn't hire more people. Rubin Business Park and Marillo and Oliver Papoonge over $500,000 for an expansion of their industrial park with service lots. Thunder Bay International Airport Authority the third busiest airport in all of Ontario a million dollars to continue the great trend that we see there on the business expansion at Thunder Bay International Airport. Can you please share with the house the new programming specifically how we're going to see that continue what's been a great trend through NOHFC all across northern Ontario. So much again and this is why aligning our programs with the growth plan is so important because the growth plan in Ontario the north's competitive advantage. So our program changes our focusing investment on existing and emerging sectors that have strong potential for significant growth across the north and as part of our government's plan to strengthen the economy and support a dynamic and an innovative business climate that attracts investment and helps create jobs the NOHFC wants to continue to partner with northerners. So the five new programs at the Heritage Fund are building the themes of sector job creation supporting northern community infrastructure enhancing economic development capacity and stimulating commercialization innovation and productivity and of course attracting and retaining talent that we look forward to continue to work with all of our northern organizations to keep building jobs great jobs in northern Ontario. Thank you. Your question from my question this morning is to the Premier. As you are aware your government has managed to pass just four pieces of legislation since your liberal coronation. Of course my bill is to flipped and flocked by first supporting and then opposing and then just outright hiding was defeated yesterday. Premier you demonstrated cowardly weak leadership. This morning though I'm not going to accept that it's not what I would call elevating the debate so the member I withdraw. Premier you demonstrated weak leadership. This morning I'd like to ask you about bill 69 the prompt payment act. Bill 69 is an important bill that has broad support from all three parties in this house. Prompt payment is also supported by industry stakeholders such as a council of Ontario construction association and the Ontario road builders association. Premier is bill 69 a priority for your liberal government and if so when do you expect to move forward on this important piece of legislation. Thank you very much Mr Speaker and I want to thank the member for Vaughn for his efforts in this area interest in this piece of legislation on both sides of the house Mr Speaker the bill will move through the normal course of the process in the legislature there'll be an opportunity for debate and a vote and I'm focused Mr Speaker I'm focused on making sure that we make the investments available in an infrastructure and in a business climate that's going to bring business to this province and is going to work with the private sector to create jobs Mr Speaker this piece of legislation will have its day in the house and I look forward to the debate. Premier enough of the song and dance you're delaying this legislation. The construction industry employs over 400,000 men and women approximately six and a half percent of Ontario's total workforce so the prompt payment legislation will correct the existing inequity so that small and medium size construction firms have the ability to invest, grow and create jobs Premier prompt payment legislation already exists around the world in the majority of US states the UK, the EU, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand one month ago Premier I question you about this important piece of legislation and last week I wrote to your office and I'm encouraging you to move forward with bill 69 Premier it's obvious that you have no desire to move forward on prompt payment legislation have you told your MPP from that his bill 69 isn't going anywhere in your Liberal government Mr Speaker the member is being a little mischievous he understands more than anyone that this is a private member's bill it is right now in our committee there will be an opportunity for discussion at committee and he knows that private member's bills there is a tradition that their movement to third reading when it does happen happens after discussion between the parties and as a result of agreements this particular one came forward due to a programming motion that was put forward there are others that have come between a consensus between the house leaders he knows that's the process to follow but you know Mr Speaker the minister of health the minister of health maybe he wants to stand up and explain why the conservative party is filibustering bill 105 which would cut taxes for small business and not allow it to proceed to committee so that it can help the have the positive economic effects we know it will bring new question the member from London thank you speaker my question is to the minister of health minister yesterday Londoners in London the wait time for cataract surgery is nearly 200 days and rising which as we know affects seniors the most this government didn't listen to the eye physicians and surgeons of Ontario when they said that these cuts will have dire consequences for patients requiring cataract surgery why is this liberal government cutting back cataract surgeries for seniors who need it to be able to see the minister of health when it comes to cataract surgery this government has a remarkable record across the province wait times for cataract surgeries have been cut in half as of august 2013 93% of cataract surgeries were being completed within our target speaker province wide and I'll need my glasses for this speaker province wide we've cut 163 days off cataract surgery we've more than cut in half wait times at south west you might remember this the member of subate remember this at st. Joe's health care when we started measuring cataract surgeries it was 495 days a year and a half speaker we have reduced that by 60% and we are almost at the target speaker we have a great success story we have more about in this supplementary speaker I appreciate the minister's response however Shirley Havelwood is 77 years old and lives in my riding of London west she is on a wait list and won't have cataract surgery until September of 2014 that's a wait time of almost one year more than double the target this government promised Shirley can no longer read and is now considering going to the US to have surgery speaker Shirley and seniors in this province need cataract surgery to be able to see they shouldn't have to leave the country to get their vision corrected is this liberal government trying to make up the $1.1 billion wasted on the gas plant scandal by forcing seniors with cataracts to wait longer as their eyes deteriorates minister I think it's important to acknowledge that ours was the government that started to measure wait times we are the government that publicly reports wait times we are the government that's making strategic investments to bring down wait times and to hold them below target as we address the backlog we have a great success story the volumes are allocated according to the wait time by wait times I understand speaker that different physicians would have different wait times but speaker in the southwest the wait time for cataract surgery is a 171 days so certainly this particular person could go to a different physician and get a lower wait time speaker new question from Ajax Pickering thank you Mr. Speaker my question is for the minister of transportation my constituents and Ajax Pickering tell me that every day as the roads become more congested they are turning to public transit and minister speaker as a government I'm just going to have to talk a little louder so my friends can hear we are making record investments in public transit to make sure it's more reliable I'm pleased that public transit has been a priority for this government there is a distinct need to reduce gridlock to improve air quality and to build stronger communities go transit is a large part of this strategy unfortunately I was troubled to hear recently that the leader of the opposition party proposed to cancel these planned transit investments specifically some of the BRT and that's the bus rapid transit projects in the big move as a member with a BRT project currently underway I was hoping that the minister could provide a current status for this thank you minister of transportation very much Mr. Speaker and I want to thank the member for Ajax Pickering who has been a particular champion for a very important project which is the Durham Pulse project which is going to take students all across Durham region to U of T Scarborough and we are working with Roger Anderson to extend it to Centennial College and 905 wants and understands transit likes transit in LRT and that students at Centennial College and U of T Scarborough actually want affordable transit and that those families shouldn't have to have three beater cars in the driveway for their kids they can have clean supporters Mr. Speaker we have a problem right now though the official opposition is proposing to cancel most of the 15 LRT and BRT projects Mr. Speaker whether it be catastrophic from Bombardier I mean a massive loss of jobs in Thunder Bay and in Barrie where these parts are thank you Mr. Speaker thank you Mr. Speaker thank you to my minister for the update on the Durham Pulse it's good that we are working so closely with municipalities across Ontario to deliver this service I know that the people in my riding of Ajax Pickering will be pleased to hear our unprecedented transit investments are working to reduce congestion an important part of our transit strategy is also to invest in highways it's important that we are committed to building all transportation infrastructure that is necessary and suitable to the needs of our constituents that include investments in roads and highways could the minister please update the house on our investments in the highway infrastructure in my riding thank you Mr. Speaker I'd be very happy to thank the really remarkable member of Ajax Pickering who I referred to as Father Joe my spiritual leader and the minister of consumer affairs because they have delivered big time for the folks that way 567.13 million dollars for transit Mr. Speaker the biggest investment in transit in the history of Durham region we're proud of that record Mr. Speaker in addition 329 million dollars for highways Mr. Speaker over 100 million dollars for highway 7 and highway 401 half hour all day go services which is allowing the mayors along those corridors to actually see new commercial clusters and unprecedented growth in jobs along the go corridor because they're accessible now with downtown Toronto Mr. Speaker plus the important extension of the 407 Mr. Speaker this government is acting on mobility the opposition wants to cancel it all Mr. Speaker Thank you Mr. Speaker Thank you Mr. Speaker my question is for the minister of community safety and correctional services Minister Ontarians know it was time to put the OSPCA on a shorter leash by legislating the oversight and accountability that's nonexistent today instead you let them right off the leash with a 5.5 million dollar windfall OSPCA Board Chair Rob Godfrey told the Toronto Star he can't even get basic details about investigations made public he tried but the board shot him down so we know the board chair himself is powerless to provide even the tiniest bit of transparency doesn't that prove I'm right that it doesn't matter if you stick a ministry staffer at the end of the board table it does nothing to have the accountability that OSPCA needs Thank you Thank you Mr. Speaker Thank you Mr. Speaker I'm very proud of the work that the OSPCA is doing and the community at large is very proud also because they receive a lot of donation from the community so with this announcement last Friday we have this 5.5 million dollar that we have provided to the OSPCA will improve the care of the animal in Ontario because it will establish a 4.7 centralized dispatch service to ensure enforcement officer can respond effectively they will be creating a squad of specialized trained investigators who will crack down on puppy mill and kitten mill they will be delivering specialized livestock training for investigator in the agriculture sector and in the supplementary Thank you back to the minister I'm shocked you can't see the problem here you barely finished your announcement and the OSPCA already started bragging about flexing its new muscles you claim the new zoo registry is voluntary yet the OSPCA that says anyone that doesn't sign up can expect to surprise knock at the door I'd ask if using a voluntary registry to target people is right but even if you didn't like it you can't do anything about it again minister can you explain to Ontarians why you expanded the powers of this private police agency without putting anything in legislation that gives you any say whatsoever on how they yield their power thank you with this announcement came more accountability for the OSPCA they have an agreement now with the ministry they will that stipulate that the OSPCA will produce two full report per year for the government we will have someone from the ministry sitting on the board of director and they will ensure that the government will receive progress report from the OSPCA but you know what mr. Speaker I'm not going to take advice from that party who recently moved a motion to strip the OSPCA from the power to oversee the OSPCA power for animal welfare on the farm they want no responsibility to look after and to oversee what is being done on the farm thank you we have a deferred vote on the motion for third reading of bill 60 an act to strengthen consumer protection related to wireless services accessed from I'm in the middle of this from the cellular phone, smart phone or any other similar mobile device calling the members this will be a five minute bill will the members take their seats please all members take your seats thank you on October the 29th Ms. McCharles moved third reading of bill 60 all those in favor please rise one at a time and be recognized by the court Mrs. McCharles Mrs. Matthews Mrs. Sandals Mr. Hoskins Mr. Quinter Mr. Bartolucci Mr. Cole Mrs. Cansfield Mr. Dillon Mr. Duga Mr. Gravel Mr. McMeakin Mrs. Peruzza Mr. Murray Mr. Shirelli Mr. Surgio Mr. Bulkasen Mr. Albanese Mr. Dixon Mr. Jassek Mr. Hunter Mr. Fraser Mr. Dalduca Mr. Crag Mr. Manga Mr. McDonnell Mr. Wilson Mr. Hardiman Mr. Fidele Mr. Miller Mr. Cleese Mr. Barrett Mr. McNaughton Mr. Holiday Mr. Jones Mr. Monroe Mr. Chudley Mr. Clark Mr. O'Toole Mr. Wallatt Mr. Bailey Mr. Jackson Mr. Smith Mr. Leone Mr. Hillyer Mr. Milligan Mr. McLaren Mr. Nichols Mr. Singh Mr. Bisson Mr. Horvath Mr. Marquesi Mr. Pru Mr. Taylor Mr. Nadechak Mr. Tabbins Ms. Fife Mr. Samantha Mr. Miller-Hamilton Ms. Sattler Mr. Hatfield We recognize by the clerk The ayes being 96 and the nays being 0 I declare the motion carried Third reading of the bill To us you have lectured Pro-Jean-Lewis Be it resolved that the bill do now pass and be entitled as in the motion Mr. Speaker I would like to welcome the students of Holy Trinity Bradford, Ontario They were here until the count for the vote But I would like all members to welcome the students of Holy Trinity Thank you Thank you Speaker I would like to welcome the uncle of Page Evan Tanovich His uncle Chris Paul has joined us this morning as well The other deferred votes this house stands adjourned until 3 p.m. this afternoon


Lastly, we've got catalysts. As we mentioned before, a catalyst is a substance that makes a reaction go faster without participating in the reaction itself, or rather without being consumed by the reaction. Essentially, the catalyst that you put in at the beginning of a reaction can be recovered at the end of the reaction unchanged. Many catalysts, particularly biological ones like enzymes, are highly selective in their reaction and only accelerate one of a number of different reactions that could occur. An everyday example of a catalyst that you nevertheless may not be aware of is the catalytic converter in a car. This is a device that takes the products of incomplete combustion, like carbon monoxide, and speeds up their conversion to less toxic compounds like carbon dioxide. The reaction that turns carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide has a high activation energy and is usually a slow reaction, but the catalyst in the catalytic converter, usually a metal like platinum or rhodium, makes this happen much faster, and therefore reduces the harmful emissions from the car. So how does it do it? Well, back to our Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution. In thinking of ways to speed up a reaction, we've used surface area, concentration and pressure to increase the overall rate of collisions. And we've used temperature to both increase the overall rate of collisions and also increase the proportion of successful collisions. All of these methods involve trying to get as many molecules as possible over the activation energy. But what if we could change the activation energy, make the hurdle easier to get over? Well, this is what a catalyst does. If this is the activation energy of a normal reaction, then this would be what might happen if we added a catalyst. The distribution of particle energies remains exactly the same, but now that the activation energy has been lowered, more collisions are successful. Now what I've just said gives the impression that the activation energy can somehow be dialed down for a reaction, when in fact this is impossible. Since the activation energy has to do with bond energies, and the bond energies in a molecule are pretty much fixed, you can't actually change the activation energy of the reaction process. What a catalyst does is to provide an alternative way through, a sneaky way of completing the reaction, without having to go via the pathway that involves the high activation energy. There's a nice analogy from the website chemguide.co.uk that I'll use to illustrate this. Suppose you have a mountain between two valleys, so that the only way for people to get from one valley to the other is over the mountain. Only the most active people will manage to get from one valley to the other. Now suppose a tunnel is cut through the mountain. Many more people will now manage to get from one valley to the other by this easier route. You could say that the tunnel route has a lower activation energy than going over the mountain. But you haven't lowered the mountain. The tunnel has provided an alternative route, but it hasn't lowered the original one. The original mountain is still there, and some people will still choose to climb it. In the chemistry case, if particles collide with enough energy, they can still react in exactly the same way as if the catalyst weren't there. It's simply that the majority of particles react via the easier catalyzed route. So to summarize catalysts, adding a catalyst to a reaction provides a pathway with a lower activation energy, and the effect of this is to increase the proportion of successful collisions. Remember the other way to increase the proportion of successful collisions is to increase the temperature, but often it's not convenient to increase the temperature of a reaction. It may be a better option to find a catalyst that allows you to perform the reaction faster at a lower temperature.


Dusk Golem is back. He actually goes by Aesthetic Gamer now on Twitter but he is a leaker who is known for leaking Capcom things. He's supposedly retired from doing so but I mean anyone who has access to information tends to not be able to resist putting it out there especially when they have a following that's constantly asking them for information which is what happens with Aesthetic Gamer aka Dusk Golem and he's been right on a lot of stuff. He leaked a lot of Monster Hunter stuff. He leaked a ton about Monster Hunter Rise before that was announced for Switch so he tends to know his stuff and he is one of the few leakers out there that I don't really tell you that you need to have a grain of salt when you hear what he has to say and he has basically confirmed that a new Resident Evil is coming for all platforms so we're talking PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X slash S and Nintendo Switch probably even PlayStation 4 and Xbox One although those aren't specifically talked about but it looks like we're getting a new Resident Evil game now this is not a surprise we know about the Resident Evil you know more remakes coming and stuff like that obviously Resident Evil 7 wasn't going to be the last Resident Evil game but this is actually what looks to be a follow-up to Resident Evil Revelations 2 now they might not call it Revelations 3 but apparently that's what it's going to be here's his exact words and you guys will talk about it here in a moment he says I sort of weigh the options and I think long-term people believing that there's a Resident Evil outbreak 3 and it not existing may hurt more than help but I also got 100% confirmation that the Resident Evil outrage rumors out there is actually Resident Evil Switch it may not be called Revelations 3 when it releases but it is for all intents and purposes and it's the Switch focused Resident Evil game but it's not Switch exclusive it's coming to everything Switch was the lead platform I know you know this I just decided and I think it's coming out to the public anyways and he goes on and other tweets to mention that it's going to be announced and releasing sooner rather than later so this could be like an early 2021 title a spring 2021 title again it's coming to everything but Switch is going to be the lead platform that it was designed for so it's actually going to look really really good on Switch for those that don't know when games are made there's a lead platform games are made for and then you go from there this time around Nintendo Switch is that lead platform so what does this mean this means that one Nintendo Switch is getting a Resident Evil game yay it's getting a Resident Evil game that's not streamed yay but it's also getting a game that I guess kind of started on Switch the Revelation series started on Switch for on Nintendo platforms 3ds all that jazz so it's good to see that there's going to be a focused one for Switch that's also coming to other platforms I'm really excited about this I hope you're excited about it as well a nice short and sweet video for you guys I have other videos I want to get out today but this is just going to be a quick one to toss out there because hey Resident Evil Revelations is a kind of a big deal to me uh so hopefully we see this announced early in 2021 probably in a Nintendo director or partner showcase or something all right folks I'm Nathan Rovedes from Nintendo Prime if you are excited for this game let me know down in the comments below catch you guys later


and realize the prophecy of Isaiah, there will no longer be stealing at your borders and your gates will be of glory. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a speech that for some Christians, as he quotes parts of the Bible, they may not be familiar with what he's quoting and even why he's quoting it. Because we live in a world that we are consumed with just ourselves, not necessarily being selfish, but we think about ourselves. And so sometimes we forget that there's a bigger world than the one that we live in. We also sometimes forget that God has a plan for not just us here in America or other parts of the West, but also in Israel. Remember, God has made plans and promises for us and we expect him to fulfill his promises. He's not a God that lies. Well, he's also made promises towards Israel. And so in a recent speech concerning the war, Benjamin Netanyahu actually invokes the Bible and refers to the Bible on two occasions. You must remember what Amalek has done to you, says our holy Bible. And we do remember and we are fighting our brave troops and combatants who are now in Gaza. What he is referring to is a few times in the Bible where the Bible brings up Amalek. Remember when the Jews were leaving out of Egypt that they were harassed and attacked by the Amalekites. And then also in Deuteronomy 25, look at what the Lord says about them. He says that, remember what Amalek did to you along the way when you came out of Egypt, how he met you along the way and attacked among you all the stragglers at your rear. And when you were faint and weary and he did not fear God. Sound familiar? Therefore it shall come about when the Lord your God has given you rest from all your surrounding enemies in the land which the Lord your God gives you as inheritance to possess. You shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. You must not forget, which is what he invoked, which is what he's bringing up. And now the problem is though, when Israel goes into the land, God tells them to do certain things. But we know the story. Israel has been disobedient. Israel began to have idols. Israel did not obey the Sabbath, the land Sabbath and so forth.  Joshua is told in chapter 23 to make sure that he puts them out. If not, then they will be a snare and a trap to them. But they did not. And so as each tribe goes into the land and takes possession of the land that they've been apportioned, they don't do what God has told them. And so because of that in Judges 2 21, notice what it says, I also will no longer drive out before them any other nations with which Joshua left when he died in order, look, he says, to test Israel by them, whether they will keep the way of the Lord to walk in it as their fathers did or not. So the Lord allowed those nations to remain not driving them out quickly. And he did not give them into the hands of Joshua. And so because of that disobedience, God says they will be with you. And how long will they be in their land until God removes them? However, there's another part of the Bible that Netanyahu quotes that also bodes well for Israel, not now, but in the future. A profound belief in our justness, a profound belief in the eternity of the Jewish people, we shall realize the prophecy of Isaiah. There will no longer be stealing at your borders and your gates will be of glory. Together, we will fight and he says together, we will win. Now, what he's quoting is Isaiah 60, specifically verse 18. But before we get to verse 18, I want to start off with what he's talking about from 53 on, you start seeing these prophecies about what Israel is going to do. We'll come back to 53 in a second. But in Isaiah 60, he's speaking about the restoration of Israel back to the land and how it's going to be forever. Obviously, this hadn't happened, but this is what Netanyahu invokes. And this is what God says is going to happen. So in verse one of Isaiah 60, he says, a rise shine for your light has become has come and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. For behold, darkness will come to the earth and deep darkness the people. But the Lord will rise upon you and his glory will appear upon you. And nations will come to your life and kings to the brightness of your rising. So he's speaking about how at some point in time in the future, Israel is going to have this glory and nations are going to come to her. Now, I also want you to notice what he says in verse 10. He says, foreigners will build up your walls and their kings will minister to you. For in my wrath, I struck you. Remember, in the past, Israel was disobedient. And so even before they go into the land, God promises that he will scatter them and bring them back at some point in time. But after he brings back the land, something's going to happen to them. Their hearts will be changed and they will turn towards God. But he strikes them because of a wrath. But also as Paul lets us know that that was done. A partial hardening was given to them. Some Jews are coming in, but not all.  Why? So that he will now deal with the Gentiles. And how long will this partial hardening? How long will Israel have their backs turned on God as a nation? Paul says, until the fullness of the Gentiles have come in and he lets us know that Israel as a nation will be grafted back into the root. Will all of Israel be safe?  And so ultimately, anyone who has placed their faith in Christ, those are the ones are going to be safe, whether it be for someone from an Islamic nation, someone here in America. If you place your faith in Christ, you will be part of the church. You will be brought into eternity with the Lord. But God has promised that he will also do this specifically with Israel as well. And so he says, for in my wrath, I struck you. And in my favor, I have had compassion on you. So notice the tense of it. In my wrath, I struck you. And in my favor, I have had compassion on you. So your gates will be open continually. They will not be closed day or night so that men may bring to you the wealth of the nations with their kings. For the nation and the kingdom, which will not serve you, will perish. And the nations will be utterly ruined. Now, this is also referencing back to Amalek, all the nations that have come against him. Remember the prophecy that he has with what he states to Abraham.  That at some point in time in the future is going to be completely realized. And notice what he says later. Let's start in verse 14.   And so he's speaking of what's going to happen with Israel. He says, and they will call you the city of the Lord, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel. Verse 15, whereas you have been forsaken and hated with no one passing through, I will make you an everlasting pride, a joy from generation to generation.  Then notice what he says. Then you will know that I, the Lord, am your savior and your redeemer, the mighty one of Jacob. Well, he's speaking of, obviously, the Lord, they are going to turn their hearts to Christ. And notice what he says. Instead of bronze, I will bring gold. Instead of iron, I will bring silver. Instead of wood, bronze, instead of stones, iron. And I will make peace your administrators and righteousness your overseers. And here is where Netanyahu quotes Isaiah, what he brings about the peace at their borders. He says, violence in verse 18 will not be heard again in your land nor devastation or destruction within your boards, but you will call your walls. And notice what he says you call your wall. You will call your walls. The Hebrew word that's used there in salvation is the word Yeshua and your gates praise. No longer will you have the sun for light by day, nor for brightness. Will the moon give you light? Now notice what he's saying and notice who he's talking about. He says, but you will have the Lord as an everlasting light and your God for your glory. So he invokes the Bible and Bible prophecy. Now, I don't know if he's understanding fully who this is referring to, but obviously we do. As a matter of fact, if we read a little further in Isaiah 61, Jesus actually quotes this in 61 1 through 3. He says, the Spirit of the Lord is upon me because the Lord has appointed me to bring good news to the afflicted. We're not going to read the whole thing, but obviously Jesus quotes this in Luke 4. And so here we see what God is doing. All of the things that are happening in the world, everything is going to ultimately culminate in what God has determined to happen in terms of with Israel and salvation to the world. All of these things are going to work in the way that God has promised in the work through his covenants. Remember what he says in Isaiah 53 that Israel at some point in time, they're going to look back at the Lord and they will say that he was despised and forsaken of men. A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief and like one from whom men hid their, hide their face. He was past tense despised and we did not past tense esteem him. Surely our griefs himself. He bore past tense and our sorrows he carried. Now notice the past tense because Israel is going to say this in the future, looking back to what the Lord has done. Finally realizing that Jesus is their Messiah and we ourselves esteemed him stricken, smitten his guide and afflicted. But he was pierced past tense pierced through for our transgression. He was crushed past tense for our iniquity. The chastening of for our well-being fell upon him and by his scourging, we are healed. And so at some point in time, Israel is going to return to them, return to their Messiah, their borders will be safe, the land will be prosperous, their hearts will be turned towards God and the Lord will reign. The amazing thing is that we're literally seeing what was told in the old, now playing out, pointing to what's going to happen in the future. And interestingly enough, when you see a leader quote of the Bible, quote Isaiah, quote, do the right of me or Exodus, that should bring some sort of comfort to you that God is in control.  Amen.


President of the United States, accompanied by Governor Sununu. Mr. President, we governors are very pleased that you have chosen to join us here in Cincinnati today and to comment on one of the issues we are very concerned about, the issue of state and federal relations. And no factor makes federalism work better than that sustained national economic growth, that growth and health services. We governors also on a daily basis on issues such as welfare reform. Mr. President, your administration is innovative and more eager to be productive partners than ever before. And many of your post-tration, and in particular your executive order on federalism, is an excellent example of your commitment to eliminate overly burdensome federal administrations. Thank you very much. Thank you all very much and thank you Governor Sununu. And I know some place here with us are two congressmen who came out with me, Gratison and McEwen from Ohio. And a special thanks to you, John, for your leadership in restoring the balance of federal state relations. Before I begin my prepared remarks, I have a piece of very good news for you. The United States nation's Secretary General will announce today, later today, a ceasefire in the Persian Gulf. This is news the world has waited for and the United States has pressed for, news that we may finally see an end to that long and bloody war. Although this is only a first step, it's an affirmation of a policy of strength and commitment. Our forces in the Persian Gulf and those of our allies have demonstrated that we have the resolve and the staying power in the Gulf as well as in the Security Council when it comes to securing peace. On behalf of all Americans, I applaud and encourage the efforts of Secretary General Perez de Cuellar in bringing an end to this tragic war. And I send him this message, the hopes of the world are with you. It's always with a special affection that I appear before the National Governors Association. It seems just like yesterday that I was sitting where you were sitting, and I was talking about the need to get the federal government off the backs of the states and to let those who were closest to the people serve the people as the people tell them they want to be served. Now that I'm approaching the end of my presidency, I have to be careful about these waves of good feeling and where they might carry me. That's why I keep reminding myself of a trip that Nancy and I made to Ireland. We were in Casual Rock where St. Patrick is supposed to have raised the first cross in Ireland. And a young Irish guide was showing us through the ruins of the old cathedral where that took place. Then he took us through the ancient cemetery, and we came to one huge tombstone there. And the inscription on that tombstone was, Remember me as you pass by, for as you are, so once was I. And as I am, you too will be, so be content to follow me. And that had proven too much for some Irishman who had scratched underneath the inscription on the stone. To follow you, I am content. I wish I knew which way you went. I hope that history will record that this former governor went on to practice what he preached and to fight the use of federal dollars first as bait and then as a club and to return power and responsibility to the states where they belong. And I'm confident that history will also find that the states were up to the challenge and that in these years America entered a new era of democracy and had a new birth of freedom. Yes, a new era, a new beginning, a rediscovery. In this time when we hear so much about competitiveness, we also hear about the necessity for businesses to do what some call flattening hierarchies. Simply put, this means that company presidents listen to and work with the men and women on the shop floor, in the stores, and driving the trucks. Along these lines, scholars tell us that one of the great advantages entrepreneurial firms have over giant corporations is that they do this better. And as we all know, the vast proportion of America's new jobs and much of our new technology come from entrepreneurial firms.  The most modern business consultant has rediscovered a wisdom known to our founding fathers that the genius of America, whether in governing ourselves or in providing our daily bread, is in the ordinary man and woman. America's strength and wisdom have never come from the power and cleverness of those on top but from the strength and wisdom of the American people. And after years of skepticism, the wisdom of our founders is once more the accepted guide to practice in Washington. In the last seven and a half years, we've broken the federal government of its compulsion to control every breath the states take. We've consolidated dozens of categorical grants into nine block grants putting power that was once in the hands of federal agencies back into the hands of governors and state legislatures. We've loosened federal controls on the states in a number of other areas. We've required that federal agencies consult more often and in greater detail with state and local officials on issues dealing with federal grants and economic development aid to their areas. We've issued uniform rules governing grants and cooperative agreements and we have listened. Too often in the past when Washington listened to the states, he had heard only what he wanted to hear. It was like the story of a fellow who went off to the army and learned marksmanship and he won a medal for it and came home on leave very proud. When he got to the edge of town, he saw a wall and on a wall someone had chalked dozens of bullseyes and in the middle of each bullseye was a bullet hole. The fellow had to find out who shot like that and pretty soon he did. It was a six-year-old boy and the fellow said, how did you do that? And the boy replied, simple, I take this rifle and I shoot at the wall and then I take this chalk and I draw a circle around the hole. Well, that's how on target Washington used to be when it responded to the states. Today, things are different. When governors talk, we not only listen, but we hear. We've been listening especially closely since John Sununu wrote to me almost two years ago with your suggestions for improving how we run federal assistance programs and as we reported to you in February, many of these suggestions have either been put into practice or will be soon. Now, we have a second round of suggestions and you saw the results of that yesterday in phase two of the regulatory reform report that you received. Nowhere has this partnership been closer than in responding to the current drought. From the NGA's June conference in Chicago, which Secretary Ling attended to your Washington meeting in early July with the administration and congressional leaders to the consultation Secretary Ling has had with so many of you, we have worked side by side to meet this crisis. You have advised, and we've responded, America's farmers are getting help. But at the heart of this new era in American government is not the idea that the federal government will merely let the states toss ideas into a suggestion box, but that we in Washington will also honor the leadership role the states have to play. And from education to transportation to helping America's poor and homeless, you have led. While Washington has been caught up in partisan intrigue, you've gone out and done the job. Almost six years ago, I proposed that America's most depressed areas should receive an extra dose of hope and opportunity, and I asked Congress to enact enterprise zone legislation. Despite some minor moves last year, Congress still has failed to pass meaningful enterprise zone legislation. Over half the states have gone forward with their own enterprise zones, and today those zones are credited with creating hundreds of thousands of jobs and saving hundreds of thousands of others. In fact, this city, Cincinnati, has an Ohio enterprise zone. Across the river, Kentucky has established an enterprise zone in Covington, and up the road Indiana has one in Richmond. The way I look at it, if enterprise zones are good enough for Ohio and good enough for Kentucky and good enough for Indiana, good enough for so many others, they should be more than good enough for the Congress, too. Welfare reform is another field. Welfare reform is another field in which you've been way out front. Congress today is still debating a welfare reform package. Years after states started taking advantage of the greater flexibility we gave them, one state after another has returned to the basic, homespun, enduring wisdom that the best way to learn to work is to work, and the best way to get people to work is to make sure they have the incentives to work. Once we gave you the flexibility, you abandoned the destructive and bizarre prejudices that had crept into programs designed and administered from Washington. Prejudices such as that public assistance carried no obligations for the recipient, or that if one had a choice, it was as acceptable to live on welfare as to be independent. Now even more ambitious experiments have begun. Over the years, Congress has come up with program after program that was advertised as a way to wean long-term welfare recipients from their dependence on the government check. All those programs had one thing in common. They failed. And that's why just over a year ago, we said it was time to stop looking for another program from Washington. We said that it was time for Washington to show a little humility, that in 50 states and thousands of communities across our land, there are millions of sparks of genius. Why not kindle them into flames? And so we asked for state proposals for treating public assistance programs as an integrated system and for using that system to help recipients climb up from dependency. And we said we would approve any state proposal that had a chance of reducing dependency as long as it ensured that needs continue to be met. It created no net increase in federal costs and it could be soundly evaluated. Well, I don't have to tell you what happened next. So far, we have approved proposals from New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Washington State, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. We are reviewing proposals from Georgia, South Carolina, Illinois, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. By the end of the year, we expect that at least half the states will have proposals approved or under consideration. And over a quarter of all AFDC recipients in the nation will soon be involved in projects already approved or pending. AFDC, we're so used to initials in Washington, maybe I should say that's aid for dependent children. And let me take a prediction, make a prediction here. After decades of Washington flailing from one dependency producing welfare program to another, I believe that the states will find the way truly to help welfare families become independent and productive and to put them on the ladder of opportunity that we call the American Dream. All this vitality in our states couldn't have come forth, of course, if our nation had remained stuck in the era of inflation and stagnation of a decade ago. State and local receipts have doubled in the last decade, dollar for dollar a bigger climb in federal revenues. Some of this was because with our 1981 tax cuts, with tax reform in 1986, and by restraining some Washington eager beavers, we've broadened the tax base of the states and either stopped the federal government or kept the federal government from preempting state revenue sources. But more than that, our states, like our citizens, have known the blessings of peace-time economic expansion on record. You know the story. Since our recovery began, America has created, and forgive me, John, it's more now than 17 million, 17 million jobs. And the percentage of the labor force employed this year is the highest, not only in our history, but in the peace-time history of the industrial world. Now at the same time, unemployment is at the lowest level in 14 years, and the income of the typical American family, after dropping almost 7% between 1977 and 81, has soared nearly 10% in these last eight years. Some talk about the declining middle class, and it turns out that the middle class is smaller.  Since 1982, manufacturing production has risen at a faster rate than Japan's. One authority on manufacturing said not long ago that we had become the most competitive manufacturing nation in the world. As a result, we are today exporting chopsticks and Hondas to Japan, highly processed high-tech sand to Egypt, and all in all more goods and services than ever before in our history. Here in Cincinnati, we met this morning with some of the men and women who have pushed our exports to the highest level in history. U.S. precision lens makes more than two-thirds of its sales to foreign companies. And meeting the men and women there, I just couldn't help remembering what General George C. Marshall said when asked why he was so confident that we would win the Second World War. We have a secret weapon, he said, the best blankety-blank kids in the whole world. Well, we too have a secret weapon, the best blankety-blank workers in the whole world. You've seen the result when, as our nation's most effective salesmen and women, you've gone on trade missions overseas. From Japan to Germany, you've persuaded international business to invest in America and create new jobs here. And in the process, have seen the respect and awe the American economy commands around the world. By the way, because you asked for it, we've made major revisions in the foreign trade data the federal government collects. Soon you will have better tools for keeping pace in the international economy. But state governments see the sunshine of our expansion in other ways as well. Next door to Ohio and Indiana, thanks to the strong rises in the financial market since 1982, the assets and earnings of the state employee pension fund have nearly tripled. Indiana has made up for what was lost in the stagnation and inflation of the 70s, has increased the benefits to its retired state employees in each of the past six years, and has more assets available to pay future benefits than ever before. With few exceptions, the story is the same all over the nation. State and local pension funds have shared in the growth of America in these years. Since 1981, total assets in state and local government pension funds have more than doubled. Guiding the policies that have given America what one economic writer has called the silent boom is the same old as well as modern wisdom that, as I said, has guided federal state relations in our seven and a half years. Flattening hierarchies, less power for Washington, more for the people, however you describe it, it has produced in America a blooming of entrepreneurship, investment, innovation, and opportunity, unlike what the world has ever seen. Some say this blooming has gone hand in hand with a rise in greed, but every governor can point to just the opposite, to the record highs in charitable contributions, to the growing endowments of universities and museums. Yes, thanks to this silent boom and to a rediscovered initiative state and local governments together with private charities and churches have done more for those indeed than ever before. Last year total private cash giving cash was over 94 billion dollars. Looking at all this, I can't help while much of the 20th century saw the rise of the federal government the 21st century will be the century of the states. I have always believed that America is strongest and freest and happiest when it is truest to the wisdom of its founders. In Federalist 45, James Madison wrote that, quote, the powers dedicated by the Constitution to the federal government are few and defined and remain in the state government are numerous and indefinite. Or to put it another way, we the people as long as we remember these words we the people and make them our guide so long as we remember that America has always drawn its inspiration from the people and has always been governed best when governed most by those governments closest to the people. America will remain strong and free the envy of the world. Thank you all and God bless you. Mr. President I must apologize for missing that last million new jobs our national job machine is creating them faster than I can keep track of them but thank you for joining us and thank you very much for practicing as president what you preached as governor.


The bottom-up methods for synthesizing carbon dots, CDs, remain the most widely used route to produce large-scale and low-cost CDs, but recent advancements have led to significant changes in structure and property features, prompting a new classification of CDs called carbonized polymer dots, CPDs. CPDs possess unique polymers slash carbon hybrid structures and properties, making them an emerging class of CDs. The synthesis methods of CDs are summarized, and the effects of synthesis conditions on the structure and properties of CPDs are discussed comprehensively. Insights into the formation process and nucleation mechanism of CPDs are also provided, along with a perspective on future development and potential applications in various fields. This article was authored by Chun Lai Xia, Shou Jiu and Zhu, Tang Lu Feng, and others.


This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Burma is in a good position to make big gains in Asia's fast-growing markets. But development must include all of society and be sustainable for Burma to reach its goals. That is what the Asian Development Bank said in a recent report. Senyong Park is an economist with the bank. She says Burma's economic position is strengthened by its natural resources, such as oil, gas and minerals. It also has two large and growing neighbors, India and China. And the nation is young. One in four of its citizens are under the age of 30. But Burma has a long way to go. After 50 years of military rule, it is one of Asia's poorest countries. Basic infrastructure like roads, bridges and railways are not developed. And only 30% of rural people have electricity. Burma is trying to increase foreign investment. Its civilian government has struggled with a new foreign investment law. Some versions of the law restricted foreign ownership in some industries and ban it completely in others. Sean Turnell is an economist with Australia's Macquarie University. He said the foreign investment law faced local disapproval or pushback. He said in some cases, there appears to be a walling off of some industries to foreigners. For years, Burma's military closely controlled the economy. Relatives and friends of military members received rich contracts. Now the civilian government wants to expand services and manufacturing. It has considered giving foreign companies low tax rates so they will invest. But experts say this could be a mistake. Sean Turnell says investors are concerned about infrastructure problems, not taxes. Economists also say tax breaks for local businesses may not be the answer either. They say the lack of access to credit for farmers and businesses in Burma is a bigger problem. Reform in Burma is still in the early stages. The country recently announced new rules ending direct government censorship of news media. Reporters now must send censors their work after it is published instead of before. Some reporters say they will wait to see if this means more freedom. Sen Yun Park says investors too are waiting to see if reform will succeed. It is really going to take a while, she says, before the investors do believe that this reform is sincere and the government is not going to retrench. For VOA Special English, I'm Laurel Bowman.


Hello friends, I am Sanjay Gupta. In this video, I am going to demonstrate you how you can check whether the entered number is even or odd using macro in-sea programming. Before starting, you can note how you can search my YouTube channel. You can type my name Sanjay Gupta in YouTube. My channel will be available there. You can watch various programming related videos here. Now I am going to implement solution of this problem. So first of all, I have included a header file that is stdi.h. Now I am going to implement a macro with the help of hash defined preprocessor. So name of macro will be even odd and it will be receiving a parameter in n. Now I have to implement fl statement here. So f is implementing a condition n modus2w equals to 0. If it is true, the message number is even will be displayed on output screen. Otherwise, number is odd will be displayed on output screen. So this way I have implemented even odd macro. Now to use this macro, I have to implement main function. Inside main function, I am going to declare a variable of integer type. With the help of printf, this message enter a number will be displayed on output screen and scanner will be reading the entered number and the number will be stored inside n. Now I have to use the macro so that I can check even and odd. So this way I can use the macro even odd and I am passing parameter n inside it. So the statement will be replaced automatically at the time of compilation with this replacement local list that is defined in line number 3. If n modulus2w equals to 0, then printf else printf. So these instructions will be available in place of even odd at line number 9. So this is the complete code which will check whether the entered number is even or odd with the help of macro. Now I am going to execute this code. So you can see it is asking for a number. So I have entered 10. It is showing output number is even. So the program is working properly. It is showing the correct result on output screen. Let's check it for odd. So this time I am entering 7. So now it is showing number is odd. So the program is working correctly for both the values whether it is even or odd. So this way I have implemented solution for the problem to check whether the entered number is even or odd with the help of macro in C programming. And for defining macro I have used pre-processor that is hash defined. So I hope you have understood whatever I have demonstrated you in this video. If you want to watch more programming related videos, you can search my YouTube channel by typing my name Sanjay Gupta in YouTube. You can also download my programming app Techimus which is available on Google Play. Thank you for watching this video.


The reality of masculinity is controlling your emotions. This is the reality of being a man. They try and say that men should give in and it's okay to cry, I'm not saying you can never cry, something bad doesn't happen to you, I'm saying that the tenants of masculinity since the dawn of time have been, I was afraid but I did it anyway. This is the tenants of masculinity. Courage. Courage, that's what courage is. I was afraid to storm the beaches of Normandy but I did it anyway. I was afraid to stay in the Titanic but I did it anyway.


I'm Pushpaan Kaushik, CEO of Jasper Shipping. We are into bulk and break bulk logistics, focus majorly on agro and minerals, exports and imports out of India. I would mark out three learnings. First, whenever there's a crisis, we have to be agile enough to bring in new ideas and transit into a new venue. Second, professional expertise has to be regarded and requested whenever needed. In-house leadership has to be developed on the professional front. And third, an open communication at every level. It's not only about the family business that we run, it's also with the professionals that have joined us. These three learnings have been as part of my career.