Mr. Peter Sutherland was appointed special representative of the Secretary General for International Migration and Development already in 2006 under Mr. Kofi Annan. He's serving now under the second mandate under Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. He has had a most illustrious career. It would take me far too long to go into all of it, but I simply say that he has combined excellence in both public service as well as in his private sector career. He was Attorney General of Ireland, I believe it's safe to say the youngest Attorney General in Irish history. He was the EU commissioner for both compensation policy and education. He was Director General of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the GATT, and then later Director General of the World Trade Organization. He served as 13 years as the Chairman and CEO of British Petroleum, so 2010, and is currently Chairman of Goldman Sachs, besides having held or currently holding many other business and academic positions and serving on countless boards. As the special representative of Secretary General, Mr. Sutherland has been the inspiration and the driving force behind the creation of the Global Forum for Migration and Development. The GFMD as it's known now serves, as you know, as the key global state-led forum for dialogue and for exchange of perspectives and viewpoints and experiences on the critical migration issues of our time. Indeed, it was through SRSG Sutherland's leadership that government, civil society, and intergovernmental partners have all enhanced their understanding and their cooperation on migration matters. In fact, it's been quite remarkable, and it's been noted here already this morning, the unusually wide convergence of views coming out of the second high-level dialogue. So working constantly to improve the lives of migrants and the positive outcomes of migration, as you will have seen in Mr. Sutherland's latest publication in the last 48 hours, it's a pleasure to have SRSG Sutherland here this morning to talk about the significance of the HLD, perhaps some of its outcomes and plan key follow-up initiatives, and perhaps a word on the relevance of IOM to all of this. So you have the floor, sir. First of all, let me say that it is a particular honor to share the podium with Deputy Secretary-General Eliason and Ambassador Swing, who are two statesmen, international statesmen that I greatly admire. I say no more than that other than to thank Ambassador Swing for his generous introduction. When I was appointed Special Representative in 2006, as referred to by Ambassador Swing, at that time Deputy Secretary-General Eliason was the President of the General Assembly. He was an indispensable ally at that time in our efforts to create the Global Forum, which has become, in the intervening period, a vital importance in the development of policy in relation to international migration. He was then and remains a forceful and consistent and articulate representative and champion for the international migration agenda, for which I am grateful. The IOM, under Ambassador Swing, is a transformed institution, the core and key institution, in my opinion, in the area of migration policy. Its extraordinary growth reflects how today, almost every state in the world, must consider and manage migration and the impact of international migration as a priority in policy terms. The growth in IOM, I should say, also reflects profound and justified confidence in Ambassador Swing's leadership. I think that that's an important element in what has happened. In less than a decade, beyond the positive transformation of IOM, we've witnessed critical progress in how the international community addresses migration. The progress is best captured, I think, by the success of the Global Forum. Today, the Forum, under its excellent Swedish leadership, is becoming a year-round resource for governments as well as an engine for international cooperation, state-led, non-binding, but very important. We've also seen the proliferation and rising relevance of regional consultative processes. The global migration group, meanwhile, has been created to help the UN system to engage on migration in a more systemic, systematic, and effective fashion, and has helped in doing so. And of course, as is so evident today at the national and local levels, migration remains an inescapable political, economic, and social issue. It is also, as we have seen in recent days, a contentious one. There is without doubt a groundswell of demand from states and stakeholders for greater cooperation in order, above all, to protect the human rights of migrants and also to tap the tremendous economic, social, and cultural benefits migration can generate. Yet, while we've made much progress, the challenges we face today are much greater in scale and scope than they were even a decade ago, and they are far outpacing our capacity to address them. This is not just a matter of institutional capacity. It's a function of mindset. The 21st century is one in which human mobility will inexorably and increasingly become the norm. It is an inescapable reality. We're not just talking about a static number about the 232 million people who live outside their country of birth. We're talking about the members of their families, which are a multiple of that 232 million who rely on them. We're talking about hundreds of millions of more, at least, who today live in their country of birth, but who at some point in their lifetimes will move across borders to study or to work. And we're talking about communities in which these migrants live. In other words, we're talking about all of us. And as an Irishman who comes from a country of migration, I'm particularly conscious of this. And we ask ourselves what we must do next. Well, one thing is clear. We have to do it with wind in our sails, not in our faces. Last month's high-level dialogue was, I think, a watershed in the history of cooperation and migration. It wasn't revolutionary. It was evolutionary. But it did provide progress in various ways. It produced an outcome document which, thanks significantly to the skills of Mexico, took responsibility for crafting, who took responsibility for crafting a consensus, reached a consensus. The declaration underscores how much we have in common when it comes to analyzing the challenges and opportunities of migration, and sets out a relatively clear guidance on the priorities we need to set. Secondly, there was an overwhelming endorsement at the high-level dialogue of our goal to ensure that migration is included in the post-2015 development agenda. This was featured prominently in the declaration, in the Secretary General's opening remarks, and in the statements of 54 countries during the high-level dialogue. My basic premise for why we must pursue this is simple. The spirit of my immigrants is one of the world's greatest natural resources. But it is a resource that we often squander through inattention, discrimination, and negativism towards migrants. The post-2015 agenda offers us a unique opportunity to design concrete, practical, measurable ways to reduce the human social and economic costs of migration that goes beyond rhetoric into reality. And I'm delighted that the IOM Council is apparently favorably considering a resolution which you may adopt in support of integrating migration into the post-2015 agenda. We need to underscore to the drafters of the post-2015 agenda that migration is the original strategy for people seeking to escape poverty, mitigate risk, and build a better life. Migration has contributed already significantly to achieving the Millennium Development Goals by raising incomes, funding investment in human capital, supporting the creation of businesses and jobs, contributing to the transfer of knowledge, skills, and ideas, and promoting investments and trade flows between countries of origin and destination. As the global community debates a post-MDG agenda, the case for including migration is stronger and more urgent than it was in 2000. It's a vital part of the future agenda of the world. Your resolution today may be critical in helping us to make that case. A third important outcome of the high-level dialogue was the formulation of an initiative to protect migrants affected by crises, an initiative that I first began urging states to pursue two years ago. For those of you who might not have followed this effort until now, the goal is to establish a set of principles and guidelines to protect migrants affected by acute onset crises, like the civil conflicts in Libya and Syria, Hurricane Sandy in the United States, or the tsunami and nuclear meltdown in Japan, to offer one example of a principle in action. During Hurricane Sandy in its aftermath, the U.S. suspended immigration enforcement actions and offered government aid to all affected individuals, including immigrants, regardless of their legal status. The initiative will define the roles and responsibilities of countries of origin and destination, neighboring states, employers, international organizations and civil society. It complements the vital work done by IOM with its migration crisis operational framework. I leave that there, since this effort is now in the hands in particular of the United States and Philippines, who generously offered to organize the initiative. They've already met and spoken several times in recent weeks and I'm sure you'll be hearing from them soon. Fourth, the high-level dialogue made clear that there are a great many challenges and opportunities related to migration that we are ill-prepared to address. Thus, we need to think creatively about how to foster more effective, results-oriented cooperation among states and stakeholders. With several milestones ahead, the GFMD in Stockholm next May, the GFMD in Turkey in 2015, and throughout that, the marathon of post-2015 deliberations. I intend to focus on four fronts in the coming year on behalf of the Secretary-General and beyond. These will include building on the conclusions and guidance we received at the high-level dialogue. Acting on the Secretary-General's request in his address to the high-level dialogue that I meet regularly with the leadership of the GMG and GFMD, I will do so, so that we can do everything possible to coordinate our work. We will focus on ensuring too that migration is given the consideration as I've said in the post-2015 development. There is an informal working group. Acting on this, the group includes several member states, Sweden, Mexico, Bangladesh, France and Switzerland, as well as the most relevant UN agencies. IOM, of course, has played an indispensable role as a leading member of the group. We'd be happy to, of other states, join our group as well. The only prerequisite is a willingness to work hard on achieving a goal. The informal group is in the midst of drafting what we will call a reference document summarizing why migration should be in the post-2015 agenda. Equally, our group has focused on advocacy. We need your help on this front to identify the actors. Thirdly, we will remain involved in the crisis migrants initiative. Fourthly, and perhaps most importantly, I've promised the Secretary-General that I will systematically assess the challenges and opportunities we face with respect to international migration and develop recommendations on how to improve cooperation. In this regard, let me finally say, and perhaps most importantly of all make the point, that in considering the future of international migration, IOM's role can and should only grow. How it will grow, of course, is for you. It is important in your hands to determine. But I have become utterly convinced that it is a central player, a central player in the development of this absolutely vital policy area. It is without question the IOM's reach in the world of migration that is unique. Its experience on the ground is unparalleled, and its institutional memory runs deep. I greatly look forward therefore to working closely with Ambassador Sween, with his staff, and with the IOM Council to determine how we can take all the lofty words forward. The lofty words that we speak in forums such as this, and through vision and grit, transform these lofty words into practical results, real, tangible improvements in how migrants live their lives, and how our communities, both of destination and origin, thrive as a result. We have to learn how to effectively resist the more negative voices increasingly evident in some of the developed word, who oppose migration on false ideas which may be populist and popular as a result, which do not reflect the reality of the contributions that migrants make in particular to the countries of destination. Thank you very much indeed. Thank you, sir. If I were down home in my native south, I would say to both of these presentations, amen. But since I'm not there, I just said it, you didn't hear it. More popular you would probably say wow. But I'm very, I'm very grateful to both of you. This is a very, very rich presentation. I want to open the floor for comments.


Sections 7A action from Saturday now. Greenway facing Hibbing-Cizom for a chance in the section final as well. 11 minutes into the first no score. Raiders in the power play. Grant Trombley feeds Michael Chapurdia for the one timer. Greenway goes up one. Same score late in the second period. Michael Cabina evens this one up for the bluejack. It's beaten Austin Anick. This one would be tied at one after two then four and a half into the third. Greenway takes the lead back. Taylor Lance hits Trombley with a beautiful saucer. Raiders go up 2-1 and that would be all they need. That's your final 2-1 Greenway. Here they are after the game. We came out firing and we just never stopped working hard. Blocking shots, you know, pucks to the net and we got the bounces and came out on top. Feels great.  They've been working their butts off all year and you know they earned this opportunity to get to the section final. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.


There are twice as many things connected to the Internet as there are humans on the planet, so probably 13 billion devices. And it's just going to keep growing. There are things that will be created that we can't even imagine yet today. So what we have to do is start getting involved in how do we enable these things to be used in a safe, secure way, maintaining privacy of the individual and the information. So there are many, many opportunities for IoT or the Internet of Things on smarter campuses, as I like to call them. It could be in the operations of the campus. It could be leveraging the sensor information in buildings to reduce energy use, to reduce water use. You can even use gamification and have the students involved on who's performing the best, which building, which floor, whatever it is. There's also the opportunity to use it for public safety, you know, gathering information from sensors, whether it's carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide detection, it could be other type of chemical detection. It could also be crowdsourcing, you know, getting information about where people are, where things might be happening. But in all of it, end-to-end trust and security is really critical. And we're actually at Internet too, working with the university members, industry members, national labs, IEEE, to actually host a workshop we're planning on next year on end-to-end trust and security for the Internet of Things. So we're really looking forward to working with the whole community on starting down this path together.


Grace Community Kitchen will be celebrating their eighth anniversary with a turkey dinner Thursday, May 25th. When they began, Grace Community Kitchen served community meals once a month. They now serve over 500 meals a week. We're planning on having a huge dinner for our anniversary celebration. I don't really have anything particularly special planned on that day other than just to recognize all of our sponsors, all of our community partners. We would just want to say thank you. We deeply appreciate everything that they have done through the years to help us reach this point. We are just very thankful for the opportunity to be able to provide meals and we just plan on having a big dinner, hoping everybody will come in, hang out with us, fellowship with us, and I really would like to hear what difference coming to the Grace Community Kitchen has made, how has it helped you. I would love to have feedback so that we really have more of an understanding of the impact that we've made in cancer. It's a very scary word, but an outstanding treatment facility was here at home. I was led to the Lawson Cancer Center. As a nurse practitioner at the Lawson Cancer Center, we are champions for our patients. I am so happy for Robert. The treatment worked. Grace Community Kitchen serves meals weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays and offers food boxes, haircuts, and other services for the community. It's getting tough. We don't just have someone sleeping on the street or in the park or under a bridge coming in to eat. We see everything from someone that's elderly to someone that's young to someone that's working to someone that isn't working. So we see the whole range of people coming in to protect of our meals. And I think sometimes people come in because they like the fellowship, being able to come in with others. And that's a huge thing in our society. I mean so many people struggle with loneliness also. And to be able to come in and have meals, talk to someone else, makes a difference to their overall mental and emotional well-being. It's about the meals, but it's about the connection with our community of connecting with people and being there for them when they're going through something and they ask for a prayer for a family member, they've got an upcoming surgery or whatever it is, it's the connection because we need each other. For more information or to make a donation, go to Grace Community Kitchen on Facebook. Reporting for Mountain Top News, I'm Brianna Robinson.


It is now time for oral questions. I recognize the member for London West My question is to the Premier speaker late yesterday the Conservatives finally took a page from the NDP's housing plan Homes, you can't afford a full year Certainly speaker Raising the tax charged on non-resident Residents speculators who make millions playing the housing market is a long overdue measure But there's so much more to be done Will this government be announcing further actions to crack down on the housing speculation that just drives up costs for everyday families The minister miss both affairs and housing speaker I'm proud of the progress that our government's been able to do on the housing supply issue under the leadership of Since our housing supply action plan was passed in 2019 We found that there's been much improvement in the housing supply issue The the the enormous amount of purpose-built rental that's that's being built in the province going back to the early 90s But we know that there's much more to do yeah And and we need to do it speaker in conjunction with other levels of government And we really need our municipal partners to to do their part to ensure that we put a process in place That gets housing built faster at the speed that Ontarians not just need but deserve Speaker this government has nothing to be proud of when it comes to housing they have a dismal record In making homes more affordable for four years. They did nothing to tackle rampant speculation They have consistently showed much more interest in helping friends and donors build warehouses on protected wetlands Then in bringing down the cost of housing speaker The NDP has called for an annual speculation and vacancy tax on residential property like they have in British Columbia a Tax that would apply to speculators who are here in Ontario as well as non-residents Speaker will this government do that? Again speaker, you know the announcement yesterday that the finance minister and I made was was pretty clear We've now got the the the most comprehensive non-resident speculation tax in Canada. So we're delivering on those demand side Issues, but let's make let's let's not let's not cloud the issue speaker every single time that our government has put forward recommendations to deal with the housing supply issue new Democrats have voted against it every time we've put Amendments on the floor bills on the floor to protect tenants to strengthen our community housing every time we've increased investments In in new affordable housing in partnership with our municipalities every single time new Democrats have said no speaker I'm going to make it very clear to Ontarians under their leadership. We're gonna get it done Speaker speaker young people who are starting out in the housing market needs a plan that helps them We should be pulling out all the stops to address the housing crisis in this province The NDP's plan for housing includes measures to skirt to curb speculation as well as real rent control Desperately needed investments in social housing and more speaker. Will we see any of these other measures from the NDP's plan announced today? You know speaker again, I want to put some statistics on the floor as a compare to the NDP voting Know all the time so the year after we introduced our housing supply action plan in 2020 We saw 81,000 housing starts the highest level in over a decade and 11,000 rental starts Since 1992 the next year speaker 2021 we saw 100,000 housing starts the highest we've seen since 1987 and again more than 13,000 rental units which is the highest since the early 90s every single time speaker every single time new Democrats have said no their housing plan is no our housing plan is yes again speaker under the leadership of senior board We're gonna get it done Next question remember for nickel belt Thank you, mr. Mr. Speaker my question is for the Minister of Health Residents of Sudbury in nickel belt have approached my office complaining about a new health service that they are being pressured to purchase In order to receive basic health care services from their family physician Sparrow health is an online products that charges patients for services. That was always free before To get a doctor's note a prescription renewal without waiting for an appointment Sparrow health will make that happen. Just give them $20 or the price of an annual Subscription with so many people who can barely afford the cost of their prescription Does this minister believe that it is okay for people to have to pay an extra $20 For the services of their family physician Thank the member opposite for the questions We know there are many Services that are covered under OHIP in some circumstances They're a physician may be able to charge extra for some of the services that aren't covered but for OHIP But for basic services, you're absolutely right people should be covered getting a prescription renewed some of the other Services that you mentioned you're absolutely right. They should not be charged for that And the supplementary question Currently Sparrow health is telling residents of nickel belt to pay $20 or wait for the next in-person appointment with their family physician This company is profiting off the doctor shortage Frankly created by the liberal government, but not helped very much by this one the average wait time for a family physician In nickel belt is four to six weeks Jody in my writing needed her prescription medication renewed She had to pay $20 plus a $10 fee to have the prescription fax the same day That's $30 that she had to pay for services that are covered by OHIP if she goes and sees her family physician Does the minister believe it is acceptable for people to have to use their credit card to get basic medical care from their own Family physician instead of their OHIP card I would agree with you that people should not have to pay for basic medical care that is covered by OHIP But I would say with respect to your comment about not having enough Family doctors in the north or primary care physicians or whoever else is providing the care our government is investing in an additional 160 undergraduate spaces and 295 postgraduate spaces the biggest expansion in terms of medical students entering schools in over a decade one of the chief Organizations are six that are receiving these positions and funding over the next few years One is in Northern Ontario School of Medicine, which is receiving 30 undergraduate positions and 41 postgraduate positions So that should certainly help with this situation Although as you say the payment for basic medical care from your own family is not something that we would Condone so but we should have more doctors on the system in the next few years to to deal with this So speaker, let me tell you what's happening right now Many people cannot afford these fees So they are now booking unnecessary medical appointment to avoid to have to pay the 20 or 30 dollars Associated with their prescription renewal, which I want to repeat it was always renewed for free before So in northern Ontario where we are short 300 physicians people are booking unnecessary appointment with their family physician Because they cannot afford to pay it does not stop their speaker You can now get a physiotherapy chiropractor orthotics massage therapy prescription whether you need them or not Without ever seeing a physician Just give money to sparrow health and voila This privatizations of our healthcare system has to stop Care should be based on needs not on ability to pay question. Does the minister agree? Well, what I would certainly say is the activities of one group this sparrow group is not indicative of anything else happening within our system We can certainly look into what's happening with sparrow, but there is no privatization going on in our healthcare system We've actually increased our investments in our public healthcare system Since we took office by four point eight billion dollars that is in our public healthcare system And we have not expanded any private health care whatsoever anything that's happening. It's Systems that have already been there We have not issued any new medical licenses for independent health facilities or private hospitals since 1973 at that time there were 80 Private hospitals today. There are only four clearly indicates. We're not making investments there We're making investments in our public health care Speaker my question is to the premier Ontario recently lost Kristin Legaudonkers a master's graduate children's author an award-winning advocate She was lost to suicide Kristin fought tirelessly for system change in 2019 She slept on the ER floor and awaited 24 hours for mental health help. There just aren't enough supports her obituary reads After years of battling her own demons along with the bureaucracy of our mental health care system the system that she fought so passionately for failed her The current lack of mental health supports in my community is hurting everyone The CMHO states that children under 18 wait as long as two and a half years to receive mental health treatment How is that possible in Canada's richest province? What does this government have to say to Kristin's family and families who are waiting while their children are suffering? the Associate Minister for mental health and addictions just speaker and thank you for that question clearly Prior to going to having the pandemic in the province We've seen that there was a crisis with mental health and addictions and that's why our government under the leadership of Premier Ford Worked and created the roadmap to wellness agreeing to invest 525 million dollars annually Over 10 years for a total of three point eight billion dollars to create the very system That's missing and that system mr. Speaker is not only to look after adults, but after children our seniors It's a continuum of care. It looks at the different During the lifespan different ages and ensures that there are supports for them. It's a program that looks at creating connections between different Communities and creating the the continuum of care that's required for them Whether it's addictions or mental health care supports in addition to that. It's culturally sensitive It focuses on all people in all regions of the province of Ontario rural Municipal urban and of course Agricultural and we are going to continue making those investments for the people of the province of Ontario Thank You speaker Respectfully through you speaker to the member funding over 10 years won't help Kristen my questions back to the Premier Kristen needed our help. She advocated for others worked with psychiatrists and social workers and still it was an uphill battle One of the first access government made when they took power was to cut $335 million from promised mental health funding Dr. Jared Berman a child and adolescent clinical psychologist in my riding shared with me a youth in our area saw mental health Counseling but walk-in services had a different person every time no continuity of care No relationship of trust the cornerstones of good mental health care Lucky that this individual had partial parental benefit coverage. They were told a minimum of a six-month wait But more than likely a year Speaker Ontarians need to see better support of mental health care now So families aren't burdened with high bills So so their kids get the care that they deserve by this government return the $335 million they cut in mental health. Yes or no great Thank you, mr. Speaker this illusion of $335 million continues to completely elude logic This was a commitment that was made by the liberal government as a last-ditch attempt during the last election To try to win voters over this government made a commitment of the $3.8 billion and is investing those dollars now The investments that are making our game-changers They are transformational to the system. They are creating continuance of care for people with addictions in Providing everything from detox beds to addiction treatment beds to supportive beds We're making investments with the Ministry of Housing and ensuring that we have supportive housing for individuals Truly addressing the underlying issues of mental health and addictions in this province Which has to do with the social determinants of health, which I'm sure you understand spot now These investments are being made and it's hundreds of millions of dollars that no government in the past has ever Taken the time or energy to invest Thank you speaker It's no secret that our government inherited a massive infrastructure deficit from the wind all Duke of Liberals for 15 years We saw the wind all Duke of Liberals refused to invest in badly needed roads bridges highways And now Ontarians are paying the price by 2051 the population of the greater golden horses who is forecasted to grow to 14.9 million people that's 200,000 people the equivalent of well in st. Catharines and Grimsley combined moving into the region every single year So can the minister of transportation? Please tell us what this government is doing to invest and prepare our infrastructure for this population surge Minister of transportation Thank you speaker, and thank you so much to the member from Niagara West for the question Speaker the member is right that the previous liberal governments were short-sighted on transportation planning But good news for Ontarians under our government things are changing For instance, I was pleased speaker to join the premier just a few weeks ago to announce our long-term Transportation vision for the greater golden horseshoe this plan sets out a path to 2051 Including more than 100 near-term actions to tackle the infrastructure deficit that the liberals created And to accommodate the massive population growth that is already here speaker So whether you're a student using transit to get to class a business owner relying on our strong Highway network to get your goods to market or a parent like me who's using local roads to get your kids to the nearby rink We took your needs into consideration when developing this plan Our government is saying yes to building critical of transportation infrastructure And saying yes to getting more options for Ontarians to get around Speaker and I want to thank the minister for that answer speaker We saw that the liberals new rapid population growth was headed to the golden greater golden horseshoe And instead of addressing it they shelved crucial key highway projects like highway 413 and the bradford bypass The liberals failed to get shovels in the ground to build more public transit They failed by sentencing a generation of gta drivers to perpetual gridlock and speaker The liberals do nothing approach isn't an option anymore So could the minister please elaborate on what key actions are in this government's transportation plan for the greater golden horseshoe And how this government is getting it done for the people of ontario District transportation Thank you again to the member from niagra west for the question Speaker i've said it before in this house if we don't take strong action now gridlock will only get worse in this province In fact, it's forecasted to triple over the next three decades I know the frustrations of sitting in bumper to bumper traffic bumper to bumper traffic each day first hand Yet every single day speaker We hear no from the liberals and the ndp on that side of the house who would rather keep ontarians trapped in gridlock forever Speaker our government is embarking on the largest transit expansion plan in canadian history We're expanding ghost service to deliver on our mandate of two-way all-day ghost service on core segments of the network Including in the region of niagra where we have already increased the number of go train go train trips per day By 20 percent 27 percent on weekdays and 23 percent on weekends Speaker we are also saying yes to building critical infrastructure projects like the highway 413 And the bradford bypass as well as speaker the morriston bypass Our government is addressing gridlock and addressing population growth head-on And I hope the members opposite will join us in this work The next question the member for key wet and on Me good speaker. Thank you Minnigas Eva. It's a good morning. My question is who the premier Speaker and snabbing nation grand chief reds. Nicanobi And the snabby ascii nation deputy grand chief on a Betty had to nebiscope Or at queen's park today calling on this government for immediate action In thunder bay regarding their police services All indigenous people have the right to feel safe and be treated Equitably within the city of thunder bay especially By those sworn to serve and protect What action has this government Taken since we learned that the thunder bay police services failed To properly investigate That that's a 14 indigenous people Thank you speaker, you know misconduct allegations Must and are taken very seriously by our government When we started to hear about the very serious allegations that were coming out of thunder bay I wrote to the anterior civilian police commission They of course as you know have started a review in january That review is ongoing Specifically related to the deaths The opp are doing an independent investigation that work has already begun Look when we heard from the chief pathologist and the corner About their concerns about these deaths They did the right thing. They did that independent review They gave it to the The attorney general funds referred that information to the opp those investigations are ongoing And we will allow that to happen without political interference. Thank you The supplementary question Back to the back to the premier the leaders of unsnabbing nation And the snabby asking nation Are here to tell this government That indigenous people Have no trust In the thunder bay police They repeated failures to problem Properly investigate that deaths of indigenous people mean that an additional 25 unsolved cases Of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls Require an external review Their families deserve answers Systemic racism within the thunder bay police is preventing justice for indigenous people And it is intolerable Will this government Immediately call for opp oversight Of the thunder bay police Mr. General a member opposite and I and our government are in full agreement These serious allegations must be and are being investigated by independence through the interior civilian police commission Through the opp Those investigations must happen in order exactly as you said to bring back trust and faith In the police services in thunder bay and elsewhere. We've done that those investigations are ongoing And we should not and cannot politically interfere in those independent Reviews as they take place. Thank you speaker Thank you, mr. Speaker. My question is to the premier Recently a serious problem that seems to exist in Ontario has come to my attention It's something that I find hard to believe or very discouraging A comprehensive study last year found that 39 percent of hospitals in ontario Do not have sexual assault evidence kits available to victims These kits provide really important evidence to trial in cases of sexual violence. Unfortunately It seems that these kits are not always available I also recently heard something else disturbing that some victims of sexual assault have been asked to pay for rape kits in provinces That is extremely disturbing in its manifestation of rape culture that should not be allowed to happen in ontario So my question is I have tabled the private members bill just yesterday to address the problem of rape Kip availability and to ensure that they always are available for free. Will the government support my bill? minister Thank you speaker and thank you to the member opposite for the question Our government has zero tolerance for workplace violence One incident of workplace violence is one too many And that is why the ministry of health along with the ministry of long-term care and ministry of labor training and skills development Acknowledge the workplace violence the workplace violence prevention Continues to be a critical issue in the health care sector That's why we are working already with our partners like ontario health and the public services health and safety Association to develop strategic approaches to address this very important issue Most recently our government published a workplace violence prevention guide to the law for employers to help health care organizations Understand their obligations to prevent workplace violence under the ontario health and safety act The supplementary question Thank you, mr. Speaker and maybe I can offer the minister to read my private members bill because we're talking about Availability of rape kits and sexual assault here Mr. Speaker in canada only 33 out of every 1,000 sexual assaults are reported to the police We're women clearly do not feel that policing injustice Are responding to their needs we've seen numerous movements call out the systemic racism at play in ontario's policing Police can't do their job properly if they don't have the confidence of the general public We need to be bringing perpetrators of sexual assault to justice What is the solicitor general doing to ensure that there can be public trust in the opp so that woman every woman Indigenous black women and every woman feel comfortable reporting sexual assault Thank you speaker Well, I think the first and most important thing is that people have confidence to come forward and place those charges You know, we have some incredible police leaders who are doing Excellent work to make sure that there is standard processes so that when people Come forward They have confidence In the police service to make sure that those investigations are happening and that work is ongoing Absolutely, I will not disagree with you there What we are doing is making sure that people people understand what their rights and responsibilities are And to make sure that the police have the tools and that's frankly why we have now some grants and programs in place To have police services work with their local Sexual assault agencies to work with their homeless shelters to make sure that those Communications and relationships are there in place so that when someone comes forward not only can the charges come forward But they can also get and are provided the supports they need as they go through the criminal justice system. Thank you The next question the member for mississauga center Question to the minister of Skills development Small towns Ontario is back and ready to unleash our economic potential and start firing on all cylinders But we need all hands on deck in the construction sector alone We will need over 100 000 more workers over the next decade These good jobs with pensions benefits and bigger paychecks are right here in Ontario for the taking Our mission under the leadership of premier dug forward is to help more people reach them This includes our strategy to get more women involved into skilled trades Minister you were recently in ottawa to announce an exciting investment Can you please tell us how this announcement will benefit the people of ottawa? Thank you Mr. Labor training and skills development Thank you so much to the member for this very important question Mr. Speaker as a member said recently I had the pleasure of traveling to our nation's capital to join My colleagues and members from carlton and ottawa west napien together We announced our government is investing over 13 million dollars in free training and paid electricians apprenticeships for more than 2 500 people across ontario Mr. Speaker electricians make everything possible That we enjoy in life their cables kept us all connected with families with friends and work colleagues At a time when we couldn't be together This is part of our workers first plan for ontario We're helping people lift themselves up support their families and give back to their communities. Thanks Supplementary question Thank you speaker and thank you to the minister for that response and for working hard to get it done Through you speaker. It's clear. These are rewarding and well-paying careers Construction electricians make about 34 dollars an hour Industrial electricians make 36 dollars an hour power system electricians 47 dollars an hour and many electricians earn more than 50 dollars an hour Mr. Speaker last year there were over 1 800 job postings for electricians With over 2 billion in infrastructure projects on the horizon We need to ensure our workforce is ready to meet this demand We need these workers to build and maintain our roads hospitals and schools for ontario's growing population So speaker, what is the minister doing to give a hand up to those who work hard and take pride in a job? Minister labor to reply Well, thanks again and through you mr. Speaker I want to thank the member for her advocacy and continued support to get more people Into the skilled trades a speaker our announcement in ottawa was about more than just training We're breaking new ground taking historic steps and passing first of their kind legislation that builds a stronger ontario for everyone It shows our government is working for workers every single day and we're not slowing down We're putting those who work an honest shift in the driver's seat and helping average people and their families get ahead We've got a workers first plan to build a brighter future for ontario that works for everyone Through you mr. Speaker our government is all in and we're going to get it done under premier ford The next question the member for grant in east. Thank you speaker. My question is to the premier Ontarians are struggling to make ends meet and one of the greatest expenses that they face is car insurance But instead of helping ontarians in lowering rates their concert of government continues to allow billion dollar billion dollar car insurance companies to rip off ontarians by charging them more Simply based on where they live it is postal code discrimination and it is wrong last week alongside other NDP MPPs I put forward a bill to lower car insurance rates by ending postal code discrimination Will the premier do the right thing will he vote yes to our NDP bill to stop postal code discrimination and lower rates Or will he continue to allow his insider friends in the car insurance industry to rip off ontarians? Remember for brantford brant No, thank you speaker and thank you for that question Our government has been keeping a very close watch on the insurance companies across ontario to make sure that they are treating The people of ontario Fairly during this unprecedented time And we have had a clear message to insurance companies You should provide relief in funds to reflect the financial hardships of your customers are facing because of covet 19 And because of that because of the encouragement of the province of ontario We have seen a billion dollars in consumer savings affecting 93 percent of ontario drivers and in fact Mr. Speaker david marshall's report that came out a few days ago just stated that In 2019 since since 2019 fissure has been active in reducing the regulatory burden But the reality is mr. Speaker The people of ontario work very hard and our government understands The taxpayers are under pressure We recognize the impact that inflation is having on our families and that our government is here for them Our government is committed to putting and keeping more money in the pockets of hardworking ontarians Examples for example the jobs training tax credit of two thousand dollars low-income workers lift credit Mr. Speaker every opportunity that the opposition has had to make life more affordable for the people of ontario They have said no The supplementary question Mr. Speaker back to the premier We have just heard how out of touch the concert of government is That i challenged the premier to go to brampton to go to scarborough to go to northwest serrano as folks there If their car insurance rates have gone up over down They will tell you that the rates have gone up and people are struggling because of it And it's no surprise because every single year that the concert of government has been in power in 2018 In 2019 in 2020 in 2021 and in 2022 They have allowed car insurance rates to go up and on top of it They have voted no to two ndb bills that would actually have ended and lowered car insurance rates Enough is enough the premier needs to stop serving his insider friends in the car insurance industry And start serving the people of ontario will he vote yes to our ndb bill and lower car insurance rates once and for all Thank you, mr. Speaker You know, I appreciate that in the marshal report that was just released No mention was made about how making auto insurance more expensive for the rest of the people of ontario would serve any benefit In fact, what he's saying is that the future of consumer services like insurance lies in being responsive to rapid changes such as pricing and innovation We recently implemented through fissure a regulatory sandbox to test new Initiatives to respond to changing consumer needs Successful innovations from this sandbox would be delivered to the consumer market But mr. Speaker the reality is is that The people of ontario need real relief making life more affordable and convenient for over eight million vehicle owners by Eliminating license plate renewal fees the minimum wage increase a raise of over 660 000 to over 760 000 ontario workers Removing the unfair tolls imposed on highways 412 and 418 by the del ducal liberal government and addressing the housing crisis Mr. Speaker Every chance that the opposition has had to say yes to the people of ontario. They have said no james james The next question the member for durham Speaker my questions for the minister of municipal affairs and housing and I understand this is a timely question Oshawa is now one of the most expensive places to rent an apartment in all of canada A real estate listing and analysis firms numbers says oshawa saw the average two bedroom unit in in oshawa jumped by a staggering 24.8 percent this month Reaching a new high of 1860 per month I recognize minister you Inherited a huge housing backlog when you became minister What more can we do as a parliament? What more can you do to help my oshawa constituents like ontario tech students who are Soon graduate who are looking for a place to rent The minister of municipal affairs and housing thanks thanks speaker through you to the member For durham. I want to thank you for the question. Thank you for your advocacy in your riding The interest on the housing file you're right We inherited a housing file that was for the most part neglected by the previous government for 15 years We we went at it very quickly with our housing supply action plan And as you know Both in 2020 and 2021 the years following the housing supply action plan. We've had significant increases In durham alone in the members riding Since we implemented our plan there's been about 4200 housing starts, which is about a 58 average from 2019 it's it's higher than the average for 10 years But regardless of that your points are well taken and it only shows the fact that our work is not done We need all of our partners including municipalities To to do their share to make sure that that long drawn out process that's really causing Undo delays Needs to stop so your questions very timely and I'll have more to say later on today Thank you speaker and I want to specifically thank The minister for his collaboration on the release of a co-owning a home guide Earlier in the term one of the potential solutions for those finding themselves priced out of the market In february the average durham region home reached an all-time high of 1.2 million dollars As we near the end of the term of this parliament What other solutions can you offer to benefit my constituents? The minister of municipal affairs and housing thanks speaker and again through you to the member for durham I want to thank you for your leadership on The co-owner ship Innovation guide that we've done highlighting the golden girls in your riding. So thank you for your for your leadership We want to build upon Some of the measures that we put forward as a government obviously My housing task force report very bold visionary sets out sort of a longer term plan For the government, but we know it doesn't matter what consultation that we had The member knows that that the process takes too long. It it literally takes too long To to start a process and get shovels in the ground And that's something that that we've heard throughout the consultation We we want to put a plan in place, but we want to continue that consultation multi-generational communities to ensure that there's a rural and northern lens On the housing file, which I know the members, you know, very very interested in this is a long-term strategy It's not a one and done and and I think you'll see in the years ahead That our government under the leadership of premier ford will have many many more housing initiatives to deal with this supply problem Next question the member for perth wellington. Thank you speaker Speaker my question is for the minister of mines northern development national resources and forestry Mr. Speaker has been long long being Observed that the gap between northern and southern ontario is more than just a geographic one We have known for quite some time that the northern portion of our province has been left wanting for investment Whether investment in health care infrastructure or even just investment in Consideration into formulating strategies to improve life for our northern remote and indigenous communities It's clear that the previous administration was uninterested and instead solely fixated on the southern urban regions of our province Mr. Speaker through you to the minister How is our government and his ministry bridging that gap to build a stronger more inclusive ontario? And to respond the minister of northern development mines That's your forestry Speaker and I want to thank the member from perth wellington for his legacy in this place and the incredible work He's done for his constituents and our government over the past couple of years Up north we're talking about opportunities You know I started out in cochran went to iroquois falls to miskming shore Sturgeon falls cal stock mr. Speaker or on behalf of the minister of energy We announced a biomass strategy lack days ill with the premier minister Mr. Speaker talking about our critical mineral strategy There's a palpable enthusiasm across northern ontario Mr. Speaker that we have an opportunity to serve global demands that we have an opportunity to be part Of an integrated supply chain mr. Speaker from exploration to electric vehicles That means investing in our businesses investing in infrastructure for our communities It's why we modernize the northern heritage fund mr. Speaker northern ontario is appreciative of the work this government's doing and we're ready mr. Speaker Thank you speaker speakers clear that the minister's efforts to create a new and improved northern ontario heritage fund corporation Are manifesting into real world results for people and businesses across north the north Facts are this since june 2018. We have invested more than 473 million dollars in 4244 projects in northern ontario to the nohfc Leveraging more than 1.5 billion dollars in investment and creating or sustaining over 6600 jobs What is clear is that many northern communities were forgotten under past governments liberal and our Under past governments And our government was elected to clean up their mess Speaker through you. How is the minister turning these communities across the north into economic hopes? minister of northern development Thank you, mr. Speaker I'm sure the minister of economic development job creation and trade shares my view that we have the most amazing premier mr. Speaker Who is focused on the priorities of the north? He knows when it comes to agriculture that the clay belt thunder bay district and fort francis rainy river Represent three of the largest growth areas for agriculture He knows mr. Speaker that the tariff president biden slapped on russia and rightly so for their hardwood plidewood Birch mr. Speaker is now going to be demanded from from cocker and mr. Speaker That's why we invested 3.5 million dollars in a new four foot laid up there He knows mr. Speaker that in mining we have an opportunity to fill the gap Mr. Speaker and the global demand in the context of this strike Strife for critical minerals mr. Speaker the european union has come to the premier and myself for a meeting to form a Strategic alliance response asking us for our timber and our food mr. Speaker northern Ontario is busy And the ndp have voted against all of these important initiatives mr. Speaker. We're ready out north mr. Speaker The next question remember for hamilton math Thank you very much mr. Speaker my question is for the premier the covet 19 fatality rates for people with disabilities Are two and a half times higher than the general population They've largely been left out of conversations around supporting ontarians through through this pandemic Especially when discussing the protection of residents in long-term care facilities and group homes Speaker one group hope here in ontario had a 95 percent infection rate during the height of the pandemic This is shocking ontarians with disabilities do not deserve this They do not deserve to be left on the sidelines of this conversation This government needs to stop ignoring people with disabilities The health and well being of people in ontario who have a disability needs to be prioritized Can the premier tell us what his government is doing to protect individuals in group homes as the province reopens? Mr. Children community and social services Thank you speaker and thank you to the member opposite Our government is committed to ensuring the safety of those in our group homes and under children's Community and social services purview. That is why we have seen unprecedented Investments in this area to support our our vulnerable populations. Our government has Understood the impact of COVID-19 and that's why we've backed up Our communities and our group homes with real supports more than 250,000 recipients and their families received the emergency benefit introduced in march 2020 to help individuals who may have faced additional Costs due to COVID-19 to support individuals We also expanded access to temporary emergency assistance for those in financial crises who have had no access to other supports ODSP and ow recipients continue to have access to the government's discretionary benefits We're working with our other ministries the ministry of labor training skills development the ministry of municipal affairs and housing The minister associate minister of mental health and addictions to allow a plan for renewal and recovery For this sector. Thank you For people with disabilities and this has only gotten worse under this government In many cases a person has to wait up to 23 years for appropriate supportive housing 23 years speaker Can you imagine anyone in this chamber having to wait over two decades to receive housing and support that they need? I bet not Ontarians with disabilities are over represented among those living in poverty and in emergency shelters Which is completely unacceptable They deserve stability and they deserve to have access to appropriate housing options now Not two decades from now Can the premier tell us what his government is doing to expand the appropriate housing and care options for people with disabilities? And to protect them from future outbreaks Mr. Mr. Mr Thanks speaker. I want to thank the the honorable member for the question One of the things our government is doing As a result of our supportive housing consultation was to take an all-of-government approach on this issue We're working collaboratively obviously minister fullerton just responded to the first part of the question But she and I And our ministers in health minister Elliott minister tobolo are taking that all-of-government approach when it comes to support Of housing so one of the things that we heard from our stakeholders was there's there's too many programs So I made an announcement In a derm region with our chief government whip to announce our homelessness prevention program Which basically takes some of our supportive housing programs? And rolls them into one to make it easier and more flexible to our service managers Well, we've also done speaker. We've added more dollars To respond to the partners so that they're able to get that immediate improvement to the system today Not 10 years from now. They fully support us Remember for Scarborough Speaker my question is to the premier according to the FAO expenditure monitoring report for q3 the government's reduced plan spending on health Children's and social services and education Choking off supports to some of ontario's most important services and programs During a global pandemic and lockdowns are bad enough But the FAO's q3 report showed us again that this government is hoarding billions of dollars in contingency and unallocated funds What are these billions of unallocated funds for? There always seems to be a lack of transparency when it comes to this government But what we do know is this It was not to help ontarians get through this pandemic Instead order it was set aside for march madness a 5.6 billion dollar pre-election spending spree Speaker the premier in 2019 called march madness Spending a waste of taxpayers dollars. So why did he choose to waste 5.6 billion dollars now? To reply the president of the treasury board The minister of finance Updated on his own quarterly reportings where he noted that we are investing an additional 2.3 billion dollars to support the people of this province every step of the way To support the people of this province. We have invested There is no government in the history of this province that invested more in health care more in education More to support the people of ontario. Mr. Speaker. We've continued that Just like last week where we announced one of the first new medical schools in the city of bampen and over 100 years That also mr. Speaker includes a new medical school and scarborough with the people of scarborough We've got a commitment to build Over 3,000 new beds over 10 years and 22 billion dollars behind that mr. Speaker We will continue to make record investments to keep the people of this province safe and to build on our progress today Good supplementary Thank you speaker and and thank you to the president of the treasury board I worked on that new medical school before you took office. So I appreciate the fact that The government side will come to order Please restart the clock Member for scarborough gildewood has Mr. Speaker and yes, I did work on this scarborough academy of medicine before you took office So I want to see those programs get built the fact is the people of ontario and of scarborough Are waiting for services that this government has delayed like The families on autism that are waiting for services the odsp program Which is underspent in the face of rising inflation Seniors who are on fixed incomes They need to hear from this government that there is a plan to ensure that they can have a Retirement what about the learning gaps? Why are you delaying those important programs and leaving people hanging speaker? Does the premier think that breaking his budget deadline for selfish reasons Is the leadership that ontarians deserve because you've changed that deadline It should you should have been reporting this budget this week instead of the end of april You are keeping people waiting when they are in need of much needed programs and services in this province Thank you very much, mr. Speaker There is no government in the history of this province that has invested more To support the people of this province than this government Look at the record of the members opposite They voted no to over 1.5 billion dollars in additional spending to support hospitals that included 3100 new surge beds and those two in the members own community of scarborough The members opposite have voted no to historic capital investments to increase the supply of hospital beds in this province It's a 56 new major capital projects over the Course of 10 years the members opposite have voted no towards that mr. Speaker The members on this side of the house are going to be committed to making life more affordable Building hospital beds building capacity and building that new medical school in scarborough. Mr. Speaker. Thank you Thank you. Thank you, speaker. My question is for the premier Parents of children and young people with autism have long struggled for financial and structural support They require to get the proper care they deserve We know the previous liberal government led parents down and under this government The wait list have doubled in york south western one such parent is a laxers whom my office has been trying to help a laxers has been frustrated with the lack of communication from ontario autism program and has no funding support for her child And no end in sight to the length wait list Why will this government not step up to the plate and address how ontario autism program is simply not working? And the wait list is clearly unacceptable And to respond The minister of children community and social services Thank you, speaker. And thank you to the member opposite for that important question Our government has been committed to making sure that the children and their families get the supports they need And that's exactly why we've been creating a program for the community by the autism community That's why we've doubled the investment That's why we have approximately 40 000 children receiving supports right now through the plan Which is a multi pathway program providing supports in multiple ways And that's why we did consultations listen to the community understand the needs to create a new program through the independent intake Organization which has now been announced and we're moving forward making very good progress Unlike the previous government That had 75 percent of children who would never receive any supports and that was supported by You know the the NDP What did you do to address this issue? Member for Hamilton mountain come to order There is an important progress that is being made We're on track to getting five times as many children into this program as previous the data supports that Thank you. Thank you speaker at this Saturday is wall autism awareness day and back To the my question to to the premier Alexis has met barriers when trying to access the Ontario autism program and with the special services at home program In fact her ssa h application was In fact lost and she had to resubmit it A special services at home updated alexa's few days ago saying she cannot get a client number until funding is approved And that the waiting list for her son is on is contingent on when and how much the government funds ssa h Alexis sent a letter to the minister of social services, and I was copied on an icota We have been told earlier intervention is key for supporting kids with asd And if you haven't figured it out by now emits early intervention window is quickly passing Alexis has deep fears of her son's regression without getting the funding she needs and in fact Is fearful for this for his well-being Families deserve so much better and and with a wait list of 53,000 children When is this government going to provide the urgent help needed for the for their children's development? Thank you speaker and thank you for the question. Let me let me First of all acknowledge the challenges that families have had And the importance of the progress that we're making to bring families into these programs And I dispute the the number that you're suggesting for the 50,000 the actual reality is that we have 40,000 children receiving support right now Children and youth in the behavior plans 3,665 A childhood budget funding a payments issued 8,682 32,000 for Hamilton mountain come border interim funding for the foundational family services 12,914 The opposition had the chance to support children and youth with special needs They said no to the grand view children's treatment center in Ajax. They said no to the one door for care In in Ottawa, they said no to the chatham kentz children's treatment center They voted against this funding and these investments not wise not once but twice Our government is supporting. Thank you. Thank you. The next question the members as well Thank you speaker. My question is for the premier Families in Ontario have paid the price for the premier's dithering and delay as the last jurisdiction to sign a child care deal In canada and they will pay the price if there are not enough spaces available Here's the bottom line Ontario will not have enough child care spaces if there are not enough early child could educators to care for our children There's already a shortage of eces because of low pay and poor working conditions Graduation rates at the ontario college of early childhood educators have declined by 7% every year since 2014 Speaker care providers deserve fair wages So will the premier say yes to eces and the children and families who need them by offering a $25 an hour pay for ecs Respond minister of education Thank you very much. Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker. We've delivered what no liberal Liberal premier could which is affordable child care for the people of ontario under premier forge leadership We have announced a plan that will reduce rates by 25% on average up front this spring An additional 50% by Christmas of this year. We will get to $10 by your 2025 a monumental initiative that will provide relief And stability for families who need it young families in our province Mr. Speaker. We value the work of early childhood educators It's why in this deal we have a minimum wage of $18 and $20 for supervisors. Mr. Speaker 75% of our workforce is above that We're trying to create An equilibrium of wages within the sector to retain them and incentivize 14 000 more to enter our our industry. Mr. Speaker. We've landed not any deal But a better deal for the people we serve Speaker we need to have an honest conversation with the people of ontario About the fact that you need Eces to be able to staff the spaces to deliver the affordable child care that people want and need Paying care providers a fair wage is just the right thing to do It's the right thing to do for nurses educators and child care workers It reflects the values of who we are as ontarians But if that doesn't convince the government to do the right thing Maybe basic economics will you don't have to be a labor economist to understand The low wages in a tight labor market will make it difficult if not impossible to hire the workers needed Manitoba gets it. They're paying $25 an hour. Yukon gets it. They're paying $30 an hour So why doesn't the ford government get it at $18 an hour? Speaker will the premier stand up do the right thing and pay eces the fair wages they deserve Mr. vegetation Mr. Speaker in the agreement that was publicized for the people of ontario We confirmed to a minimum wage of $18 every year in this in this agreement thereafter It rises to a dollar up to 25 dollars at a maximum, mr. Speaker Also, the problems of ontario unilaterally put in 395 million dollars to ensure that Child care workers who work within work with staff and kids 6 to 12 years old which are excluded from this federal deal Also get that wage increase. We didn't have to do that But we believe there's a right thing to do to stabilize the workforce and encourage 14 700 more eces to step forward To help fill the 86,000 spaces that our progressive conservative government is creating We have put more money in the child care system We're maintaining the ontario child care tax credit Which the members of the greens liberals and new democrats have opposed systematically in this house We're going to continue to invest in families reduce fees and make life more affordable for families in ontario Thank you, speaker my question is to the minister of health right now in algoma, manitoulin Communities are facing many shortages of permanent doctors In teslan the north shore health network has been searching for a full-time physician At the local hospital for months. They are scrambling They are relying on locums to fill the urgent need of the hospitals while primary care Which is the goal seal of our care here in this province is basically non-existent Weeks ago. I presented a plan with to the minister from the east algoma primary care work team To create an integrated care model to help recruit and retain new physicians in the area The current model of care is simply not sustainable in the area This has been going on for years and this problem minister is not going away We're looking to you for your help Can you let us know what is the government's plan to train recruit and retain physicians in northern ontario Mr help Thank you very much and thank you to the member for question We have had several conversations about the issue that you just described You did present your plan to me and we are studying it. We understand the urgency for it We know that you need to have a solution and we are giving a priority in our office I can certainly advise you of that in the longer term However, you know that we are expanding medical placements for medical students Significantly across ontario the biggest increase for the past 10 years 160 undergrad positions 295 post graduate positions I recognize that won't help in the immediate instance that you're speaking about However, it is going to greatly increase the number of doctors who are going to be available in ontario Particularly in northern ontario because the northern ontario school of medicine is receiving 30 undergraduate positions at 41 post graduate positions That concludes our question period for this morning Pursuant to standing order 36a the member for Ottawa Vanie has given notice of her dissatisfaction with the answer to her question Given by the minister of health concerning the availability of sexual assault evidence kits This matter will be debated today following private members public business Next we have a deferred vote on the motion for second reading of bill 89 An act to amend the human rights code with respect to religious expression Call in the members. 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Hello and welcome to the International Lili Roundup by People's Dispatch, where we bring you major news developments from around the world. Our headlines? Protests for Democracy to Assume in Swaziland with Global Action Week Dalibar announces leaders of acting government after capture of Panchsheer Counter protests planned in Brazil as Bolsonaro rallies far-right supporters Venezuelan government in opposition signed partial agreements amid talks And in our video section, we take a look at the mass rally against three farm laws held by farmers in India In our first story, pro-democracy protests are intensified in Swaziland with the laws of a global week of action Mobilizations were called across all 59 constituencies on September 6th However, security forces deployed in towns and cities dispersed and stopped protests Meanwhile, sources have stated that protests continued in the country's predominantly rural areas Mass unrest had spread across Swaziland in May and June to demand an end to monarchical rule At least 70 people were killed and 200 were injured in the crackdown Hundreds of people including at least two members of parliament were also arrested Swaziland is an unemployment rate of 24% and nearly 54% of the population is living in poverty King Maswati III controls the economy and has been accused of running all sectors for his own profit The country's health and education sectors are also severely under resourced According to Pudemo, many people are forced to resort to illegal cannabis cultivation to survive This in turn puts them at risk of being caught or harassed by the police Officers reportedly also shot and killed a man last week They claimed that he was wanted for dealing in marijuana Protests against the killing were met with police violence and tear gas According to the Guardian, the only legal cannabis grown in Swaziland is a US-based profile solution incorporated Protests actions included the delivery of a petition to the UN have been planned throughout the week Protesters will also block four Swaziland border gates with South Africa on Thursday Members of the Congress of South African Trade Unions, Qosatu, will hold a demonstration in solidarity on the other side In our next story, the Taliban is named Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund as Afghanistan's acting Prime Minister A spokesperson stated on Tuesday that Abdul Ghani Baradar had been appointed Deputy Leader Sirajuddin Hakani will be the new Interior Minister and Mullah Mohammad Yakub will be the Defence Minister The announcement followed a day after the Taliban captured the Panjshir Valley The group had been fighting with the R-National Resistance front of Afghanistan led by Ahmad Masood While the Taliban declared that the war was over, Masood said that the resistance forces would continue fighting However, he and former Vice President Amrullah Saleh had reportedly fled the country A local resident told Al Jazeera on Monday that the situation in the valley was dire 130,000 people were reportedly trapped amid shortages of basic goods Meanwhile, protests were held against the Taliban in Kabul in the Balkh province on Tuesday Protesters also denounced the alleged involvement of Pakistan in the fighting in Panjshir Gunfire could be heard as the Taliban fighters filed the fire at several warning shots Female protesters were reportedly also detained in several locations in Kabul Total news stated that their camera person, Wahid Ahmadiyy had been detained for 3 hours and his camera was confiscated We now go to Brazil where protests against President Jair Bolsonaro are set to take place and are taking place across 160 cities on September 7, that's today They have been organised by the Outwith Bolsonaro campaign along with trade unions and social movements Tuesdays protests will coincide with a march to Brasilia by supporters of the far-right president Serious concerns have been raised about an attack on Brazil's democratic institutions Bolsonaro stated on August 21 that the march was preparation for a necessary counter coup He accused the judiciary, the left and the apparatus of hidden interests according to him of conspiring against him He also singled out two Supreme Court judges taking them to take Tuesday's rallies as an ultimatum Bolsonaro's approval rating has fallen to 23% as the COVID-19 death toll in Brazil near 600,000 He is also facing a pandemic-related Senate inquiry and separate allegations of corruption Brazil is also facing rising inflation, soaring gas prices and a water crisis leading to high energy bills Meanwhile, Bolsonaro has escalated attempts to discredit and attack Brazil's institutions He has openly praised the former military dictatorship and threatened to cancel the 2022 elections Members of Brazil's Congress have warned that the September 7th rallies are modelled on the January 6th attack on the US Capitol Building There is also a threat of violence given that Bolsonaro's rallies are often attended by armed supporters and police officers In our next story, the Venezuelan government and right-wing opposition have reached two partial agreements Both sides met for a second round of negotiations in Mexico between September 3rd and 6th The first agreement recognises Venezuela's sovereignty over the mineral-rich Cayana-Isequiba area Cayana and Venezuela have been dispute over the territory for two centuries The two agreements will establish mechanisms to allow Venezuela to recover assets and money in foreign accounts The government has said that these resources will be used for economic recovery, social protection, vaccine procurement and hospitals Other issues on the agenda include the complete lifting of the unilateral coercive measures imposed by the US The country's justice system and special drawing rights with the IMF will also be discussed The next round of talks will be held between September 24th and 27th And for our final story, we go to India where hundreds of thousands of farmers held a rally on September 5th The event was part of a renewed wave of mobilisations organised by the United Farmers Front With the struggle set to complete 10 months, farmers have intensified demands for a total repeal of the three farm laws The protests have been met with right-wing propaganda and repeated police violence The central government has also not held any talks with the farmers since January With more protests planned this month, here is a video on Sunday's historic rally This is a protest for the security of the country This is a protest for the maximum unity of the country And at this time, the fascist government of the BJP will not be able to win over the three farm laws We will have to listen to the government Because this rally in Muzaffar Nagar is very important You know, in 2013, in the same Muzaffar Nagar, the BJP and RSS did a very big protest A protest took place in Uttar Pradesh and Uttar Bharat And due to this, the BJP came to power in 2014 Today, in the same Muzaffar Nagar, the Hindu farmers, Muslim farmers, and other religious farmers have come together after 8 years And because of this farmer's protest, today, this protest has taken place with all the religious and religious people And therefore, this government should not listen Yes, we have to say that the three farm laws should be taken back This should be the MSP law The electricity bill should be taken back And if this doesn't happen, then the public, the UP and Uttarakhand government will be defeated And after that, in 2024, the government of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah The entire pro-corporate government will defeat the entire Indian people This is the beginning of the Muzaffar Nagar


Graham, our governments, our centralized institutions are so concerned with one-size-fits-all solutions. Why is this? Control. That's my take, Graham. It's not because of incompetence, I think it's by design, because they can't afford for people to become independent and free-thinking human beings, because they will question what many of our governments are doing on many fronts. In terms of educational paradigms, yeah. Graham, that's my take. I don't think it's because of incompetence, I think it's by design. I think that's what it is. And the system is working perfectly the way it's supposed to for capital as power. Some people might consider that perspective to be a little jaded, but I think it's the fact.


Hello everybody, welcome to my channel, it's Eva from Bohemian Crafting and today I'm coming to share with you what I've got for Christmas last year and that last year was just three days, so two days ago. So it's not that far and I already tried this gift and this. So I can give you some reviews and I wanna share with you these amazing books as well. So these are my Christmas gifts I received this year or last year. First I'm gonna start with this amazing sewing machine I had for many years that small portable machine with 12 stitches and I can't say wrong words about it. It was amazing, for paper craft is actually what you can wish for. It's easy to store, it's very light, I'm gonna show you which I mean. So this is my small cutie beauty, I think I can somehow maybe managed to show you how small it is. So this was my small cutie beauty I used for many years. It's very good machine but it's perfect for paper craft, don't get me wrong. It's perfect for junk journals, it's wonderful. But it has issues to sewn through the thick material. It has issues to sewn through the jeans. I'm repairing also our clothes and I love to sew. So I've got this one, my sons gave me this new amazing brother machine. It has 40 stitches. It has also the thing which will help you to get thread through the needle which is awesome. I think that's why my sons bought it for me, because lately many times they had to come down and they had to put that thread through to that eye, so because I couldn't see that really. I was wearing so much lately with that small portable machine, not with that machine but get that thread through. So I've got this one. I already tried it, I already tried it on a chipboard, on leather, on jeans, on I think on many different materials and it's awesome. I can't say wrong word on it. It's easy to navigate, it has everything on this display. It has switch on and off here. When you switch it on the needle it's getting to the right position. Here you can change to the stitching you want to choose. So I do love those snowflakes, these number 23, so number 23. Then put your paper in, clip it down and where is my pedal and just stitch. It's amazing. You do have there three positions, how fast you want to go. So that first one was the most speedy, this was medium and this is slow. It's so funny to watch that. I just love that machine. I will need to you know to lean everything about that machine so I do have that manual, especially about changing those thingies, those different thingies. So I will have to lean but till now I am amazed by this machine. I will put link for Amazon listing or for this machine on Amazon if you want to have a look. Then what I've got is this, this is air drying mold and I already tried that. Of course I already opened it and tried on small bees. It dries in, this thickness was ready to go in I think in two hours, it was hard. It was quite fast with this one, it was brilliant and they are so cute. It's very soft, this mold or what is it? And I've got also the tool for it and I am so amazed, look at that, it looks like for dentist. It's professional like carving tool, it's for molds, it's for you know when you are working with clay or with this air dry mold so you are going to use these things and where I did open it here. So I already tried it up, it's very soft and it's not crackling easily. I mean when it's drying it's not crackling easily. I've got here this mold, I think this one would be actually exactly. And one of the things I also got this year or you know these Christmas it's this one. My working table mat or mat on table, it's large size, it's A for alpha 1, A1 size so it's very large, it's covering all my table and it's awesome. It has gray color from one side and it has black color from other side with also with that green and with some pattern for cutting. So this is cutting mat, I'm gonna move this and I'm gonna just show you, it's really large. This was also the gift I would nearly forget, so it's very large, really very large and it does have the black pattern from the other side. I will put link for this one as well in the description box so you can have a look and it's awesome because it's covering all my tables so you will don't see the mess. Here I'm gonna show you how beautiful tool I've got here this face and then I will take which one, maybe this one. It's so perfect to hold it, it's made from a metal. I had many times, not many times, I had I think three, three those like carving tools from the Plast already and they always end up in the bin because they got you know those ends. They just was falling down and it wasn't this thin those ends so it wasn't for for delicate work but this one it's perfect. It has all kind of edges and sculptors and spoons and stuff like that. It's amazing and it's from Amazon as well so I'm gonna put the link down in that description box as well so if you want to change the mold you have you can totally use these tools and play with what you've got. So here is original from mold and here is when you play with that tool you can change you know that look and the mood of the face. So that tool it's so stunning and it's awesome I do love that perfection that it's very delicate you know it's awesome to work with that and now my books and for that I'm gonna blame Marta. I asked my sons to buy me those books because I saw video on Mareme's small art, Marta showed two I think two all of them. Now I'm not sure if she showed all of them but definitely she showed two of those books. I have no idea which one but she did show this book and I was amazed and I think she's using the stickers from these books in her short videos on Instagram I think so and these books are amazing they are full of stickers 1000 over 1000 stickers in those two and I'm not sure how many stickers it's here I didn't read it yet. Not sure if there is also written somewhere how many but these are so gorgeous all of them are amazing I haven't seen a review for this book yet maybe I just missed that but this is full of bees, birds and butterflies it's really beautiful so many insects and beautiful birds and flowers all kind of things only this book has a slightly kind of like a glossy stickers those two are like matte stickers matte finished paper are those two and this is a slightly glossy it's not that shiny but it is slightly glossy but they are really gorgeous and it's always page this is like a backside of those stickers so stickers and then backside so once I will finish those books I will have to think how I will use these books and I already received few emails and messages before I received these books from under my Christmas tree so I already got few messages last year if I know how to use these books so now I will have to really start to think properly how I will use them once I will use all these stickers look at these beautiful birds and butterflies I think I did show few butterflies they are so gorgeous look at that oh look at this oh I will need to learn many new words because I forgot how you call these these buses but they are so beautiful and those flowers and I think did I suggest now the letters numbers oh yeah here see so it's not only only butterflies but here are also letters maybe numbers somewhere but these butterflies are so gorgeous so if you do love butterflies like I know Marta loves them so I think this book this book will be perfect for her art it's really gorgeous oh look at this and this is one sticker here perfect one sticker here one sticker here these are so perfect I'm gonna go like this page by page if you haven't seen this book yet because I didn't see this one I saw those two others few times and I haven't seen so many videos where people share how they do use them I found only one video I think we all who are using these sticker books should make some kind of you know navigator like I don't know this is antiquarian but this is not antiquarian anthology this one so maybe the art anthology art antiquarian who owes I do love owes and again one sticker here one sticker here with owls oh they are gorgeous oh look at these so if you are a fan of birds and butterflies this book will be perfect for you and I will try to spy on Marta from Meremie Small Art because I know she oh I love her layouts and I love her short videos on Instagram so I'm gonna spy on her to get some inspiration so beautiful and I will have to pull out my vocabulary to make sure I will always say the right word for like parrot I know that and oval yeah I know that and this is probably the duck duck duck duck and yeah emu look at these gorgeous stickers really beautiful book it's so amazing and I will have to go for inspiration I will have to go for inspiration if you don't have Marta on Instagram Meremie Small Art make sure you will find her because she does have her short videos with you using stickers and I think they are from these books and her art is always so stunning you don't see that you know hard work behind those short videos but even those short videos they need lots of thinking you know to make sure that layout finished layout will be look nice so her work is stunning look at those beauties and these are matte finished so because there is many videos so where it flip through to these books I'm not gonna go flipping through both of them I will jump on Marta Marta's channel and I will try to get some inspiration how to use them because I want to use them you know I want to use them because I want to use those books I just want to use the those book covers and those pages and do something with it so I have to use those stickers as soon as possible so I think we will get also some series with some you know layer oh oh oh what is it whoa are you surprised me what is this one I'm a little bit confused here oh here is another one okay I will have to make a video with this one definitely because I'm gonna be surprised surprised what is this one why is it this way and what I can do with it oh that was surprise is this one same I think so come here where is it oh yeah it's a mole look at that it's like puzzle I'm gonna be totally confused so I think I'm gonna make series like confused.com come to craft with me come to stick those stickers with me oh look at that beauty and they are already ready to go you know with that glue in background so the price of these books is nearly kind of similar I think this one I ask my sons to send me all those links oh no no I send them those links to make sure they will buy the right ones so I know the prices I think this one was 15 pound because I think this one is last one they made and it has you know it has butterflies that's the like main point I guess because butterflies are so catchy and they are so gorgeous so I think this one was 15 this was not July 1090 and this one was 13 I will definitely put links on UK amazon so you can have a look but I have to say that by these books definitely it's worth it because you do have get more than 1000 stickers in the book and they are gorgeous the piece of art so they are perfect and you do have a get you do have you will get a book so you can change it then to some journal which I want to do I can't wait so I'm gonna spy on Marta to get some inspiration what to do how to work with these stickers I hope she will make many videos with these books because I know many people now have those books I am one of them so Marta if you are watching please do many videos I need to be inspired so this is my sharing for today if you like carving if you like make molds and if you do enjoy you know those sculpting sculpting it's not the I didn't use the right word sculpting if you do like sculpting these tools or these tools I feel like a doctor now they are so gorgeous and it wasn't expensive I was quite surprised it just priced up at the price right now it did cost 10 pound before Christmas so right now it's 13 pound so I think it will rising price again and again so if you want to have some good tool which will keep for very long long time definitely I'm gonna definitely say this one it's perfect go to buy it as soon as possible because it was quite fast how it rises the price so I think I'm not only one who was interested in that tool so this is just my jumping with my amazing Christmas gift I received and I needed to share with you because maybe there is somebody who is looking for a good tool who want to have good sticker sticker book or amazing sewing machine or this one it's perfect it's really perfect it's as you can see it's very fine it doesn't make those hard crackle thingy it's really fine and it's great to work with and where are those bees I need to show you also those bees when it's dry here you can see it stay that way it doesn't make cracks in in the mold so this is perfect mold it's amazing mold I have to say and it's air dry so you don't have to bake it you don't have to be worried and now you can use paint who I did got one I wanted to have a red color some very stable color so I got this Arteza and when I read that I was like pouring I'm not pouring but then I tried on brown card stock and this pouring medium even brown card stock I do have see no base paint nothing at all I use that red color straight away on brown brown paper and look at that rich color you can't see the brown paper underneath and I didn't put there any kind of thick layer I was quite surprised how rich and pigmented is this one so I'm so happy with this choice Arteza pouring acrylic color but I'm not gonna use it for pouring I'm gonna use it for painting so this is my all my sharing for today I hope you did enjoy it I hope you found something what you would like to get or try or you know to see what I've got I'm gonna let these dry on the air and maybe I will change the face of this one as well and then I will have to do something with it I have to create some face face journal I guess so this is my sharing for today thank you so so much for spending your time with me thank you so much for jumping in have a beautiful day take about take care about yourself and I will see you soon bye