It's now time for question period, the leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition. Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Premier, according to the Auditor General. This is the first time in the history of Ontario that the financial statements have been released without the Auditor General's opinion. An unprecedented action in Ontario's history and incredibly disrespectful to the Auditor General and the people of Ontario. But why was it released without the AG's opinion? That's the big question. Was it because she discovered the government has an $11 billion hole in their budget? Mr. Speaker, that includes $1.5 billion deficit this year, that's a lot of money. How will the government fill this hole? Is it going to be through new taxes, higher hydro rates, new fees, or will the Liberals just cut services? Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Well, let me begin by saying, go Jays, go. We have accepted the Auditor General's numbers for this year. We released the documents despite the divergence in accounting opinions, specific to pension funds between Treasury Board officials and the auditor, as part of our commitment to openness and transparency. Because it was past the date, Mr. Speaker, when that information was to be in the public. In the meantime, we will be consulting with experts on how our pension assets should be accounted for moving forward. Officials will be engaging expert accounting community to support a full understanding of how that should be. Are you sure that we have found ourselves almost in the same spot as we have almost every day at the beginning of question period? I would ask that we try not to shell people down. I just don't think that's an appropriate thing to do. And I'll have to deal with that if I get a sense that that's all that's going to happen. Supplementary, please. Mr. Speaker, back to the Premier.  First they tried to hide the cost of the gas plant scandal. We later found out that it cost over a billion dollars. Then the Financial Accountability Officer caught the Liberals when they were supposed to use the funds from the fire sale of Hydro One for transportation, and then it goes to the deficit. And now the Auditor General caught them trying to hide an 11 billion dollar hole in their budget. Mr. Speaker, I know our grade six students are failing in math, but I at least thought the government knew how to count. I expected better from this government. So my question is, directly to the Premier, why has the Auditor General given your government a failing grade on public accounts, directly to the Premier? President of the Treasury Board. Yes, thank you very much. And I'm very pleased to report that using the numbers that were suggested by the Auditor General, what we really showed yesterday was that in fact we have beat our deficit target, Speaker, for the seventh year of that very important, because what shows that what is happening with the province's books and with the province's fiscal performance is in fact we are managing our economy prudently and we are on target to reach our goal of balancing the budget in 1718. We in fact showed that we had a projection originally of an 8.5 billion deficit. We now have a 5 billion deficit last year. We beat our projection, Speaker. Mr. Speaker, back to the Premier. Sometimes I wonder what fantasy world this government is living in. When it comes to believing this government or the Auditor General, I'm with the Auditor General. The Auditor General is saying that there is an 11 billion dollar hole in the budget and there is now an additional 1.5 billion dollars away from balancing the budget. Why this government continues to ignore and disrespect the Auditor General is beyond me. And on the flip side you have the government saying that everything is fine, that their numbers add up. The Auditor General is saying very clearly that it doesn't... I made mention of it so now I'm going to start to fulfill it. The Minister of Agriculture come to order, the Minister of Transportation come to order. And if I do hear any other interjections I'll deal with those too, especially when I'm trying to get attention. Please finish. So Mr. Speaker, instead of ignoring the Auditor General, how is this government going to make up the 1.5 billion dollars in their current budget? And additionally, Mr. Speaker, how does this government reconcile the fact that they're the first government in Ontario's history to release public accounts without the Auditor General's opinion? It's beyond me. I'm going to ask that the members on the same side of the questioner not interject as well. Premier. Sorry, President. Thank you. So let's go over this one more time calmly. When we tabled our budget in 2015, we projected that the 15-16 year would result in a deficit of 8.5 billion. When we tabled our budget, the current year budget last spring, 2016, we said that the interim projection for a deficit would be 5.5 billion. And what did we actually achieve using the Auditor General's numbers? We achieved a deficit of 5 billion. In other words, we beat the budget target using the Auditor General's numbers by 3.5 billion. The member from Pitching Accounts told us from the order. You do have a wrap-up sentence if you want one. Yes, thank you. So to me, it is good news that, A, we got the financial information out to the public, and B, that we've beaten our deficit target for seven years in a row. New question, the leader of the opposition. Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Premier. Yesterday I saw firsthand how great the faculty, the facilities, and the students are at Yes I Can Nursery. I understand why the Premier fought passionately for funding this wonderful nursery nine years ago. And because of that, I can't understand why this Liberal government have turned their back on Yes I Can. The government has made a decision to cancel its annual funding. They have asked Yes I Can Nursery for a wind-down plan from the school. Without provincial support, Yes I Can may have to close its doors, and Ontario would lose 130 precious childcare spaces. Mr. Speaker, why is this Liberal government's turning their back on Yes I Can? Do they not appreciate this is their responsibility? Do not pass the buck, do not say it's some other level government. This has always been funded by the province of Ontario for the last nine years. It's been in existence for 26 years. Helping children don't abandon them. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. So far from walking away from this school, which does provide great service to kids, Mr. Speaker, and I have been a champion of the program in North Toronto. It's a great program, Mr. Speaker. And in fact, Yes I Can Nursery school receives $300,000 a year for provincial dollars that flow to the city and flow to the nursery school, Mr. Speaker. That money continues to flow. The reality is, Mr. Speaker, that for some time we have been officials in the Ministry of Education and Children Youth Services have been trying to get the nursery school to sit down and to work to come up with a budget and a sustainability plan, Mr. Speaker. Our provincial officials are perfectly willing to continue to sit with the nursery school. But, Mr. Speaker, there does have to be an open budgeting process. There has to be a conversation with the city officials. We're willing to be part of that, but it has to happen, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, again to the Premier. The Premier continues to stress that, yes, I can continue to operate and there's some flow through funding. That is not correct. According to the local Toronto City Council in the area, who said yesterday at the press conference, they said there is no city mechanism for this autism funding. There is no flow through funding that can be used. Your local Toronto City Councilor is saying you're wrong. This nursery is saying the Premier is wrong. There is only one level of government that is polling funding. Polling $150,000 to take care of these children. It's not right. It's wrong. You fought for these children nine years ago. Why are you banning them today? Why? Be seated, please. Thank you. The way funding for childcare and these programs works is that the money from the province flows to the municipality and the municipality allocates those out. The member from Dufferin County in second time. Finish, please. Part of it is wage subsidy. Part of it is for other programs, Mr. Speaker, but that money flows through to the municipality. That's why it's imperative that, yes, I can, sit down with city officials and, as I say, provincial officials who have been part of the conversation are perfectly willing to sit down with them to come up with a sustainability plan. But, Mr. Speaker, there has to be an open budgeting process. There has to be a sustainability plan and that has to be done in conjunction with the city officials. And I know Jay Robinson, who is the city councillor, would understand that that's the process that needs to happen. Thank you. Final supplementary. Mr. Speaker, in the Premier's response, opening budget process or speaking lines, they're taking $150,000 away. That's why it's closing. You've got the local city councillor saying, there is no Toronto mechanism. You have a Liberal senator come down from Ottawa who's passionate, Jim Munson, on autism funding, saying this is the wrong thing for the government to do. I just want to understand why this government continues to go after these families. First, they took families with children with autism to the courts. Then, they tried to cancel the IBI funding. And now you have 130 kids, many of them, most of them children with autism, and this Premier is abandoning them. No government is walking away.   The funding is provincial and you are abandoning them. It's the wrong thing to do. Stop this attack on children with autism. Thank you. Thank you, Mr Speaker. I'm pleased to rise today as the Associate Minister of Education to address this. First of all, I want to make it clear that our government is committed to ensuring that every child has access to the supports that they need. And this is so important when it comes to our children during their early years. Our government is committed to giving our kids the best start in life. That's why we are making historic investments. We are creating another 100,000 licensed child care spaces for zero to four year olds over the next five years. It's a historic investment. We have more than double the child care funding to municipalities to over a billion dollars a year. That is why we are also providing funding to the City of Toronto who then funds a number of local child care programs including the Yes I Care Nursery School at $300,000 a year. We are committed to ensuring that a good program like this gets the support that it needs. Thank you. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Premier. Yesterday I asked the Premier about people I met across Ontario who are struggling to pay their hydro bills. They have student loans that they can barely afford. They're paying for child care that's only getting more and more expensive in this province. They're having to stop saving for their kids' education because their bills are simply too high, Speaker. The Premier said she has an enormous amount of sympathy. People don't need sympathy, Speaker. They need action. We'll give you all utility companies. Thank you. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Well, the reason that I talked about the sympathy is because we have taken action and we are taking action to deal with the problems that people are facing in their lives every single day and the leader of the third party began by talking about tuition. Well, Mr. Speaker, that's exactly why we believe tuition should be free for students from low-income families. The third party talked about child care. That's exactly why, Mr. Speaker, we think there needs to be more child care, particularly for the zero to four years, which is why 100,000 new spaces over five years is critical, Mr. Speaker. And the fact that we are the provincial portion of the HST off-electricity bills to further reduce bills for people in rural communities, Mr. Speaker, and to work with small businesses so that they will have access to conservation initiatives so they can save money. All of that comes out of that sympathy, Mr. Speaker. Whether this premier chooses to admit it or not, life is becoming more and more unaffordable for the people of this province, all across Ontario. People are already struggling to pay for child care, pay off student loans that they've been paying for a decade, and on top of that, the hydro bill keeps climbing and climbing and climbing. People don't know what to do, Speaker. They didn't vote to turn hydro one or their local utility into private for-profit companies, and they cannot afford for that to happen. Will this allow the sell-off of our hydro system in the province of Ontario? Mr. Speaker, underlying this question as has been the case for many months now is an ideological position that argues that we should not build new transit. We should not make investments in new infrastructure by leveraging assets that have been owned by the people of the province for many years. Mr. Speaker, that we shouldn't make those investments, that we shouldn't invest in new assets for the people of Ontario that are needed in 2016, Mr. Speaker. So we categorically reject that notion. We believe that investing in roads and bridges and transit across the province is necessary. We're demonstrating, Mr. Speaker, that those investments are creating economic growth and we are going to continue to foster economic growth across the province. Mr. Speaker, even the financial accountability officer says the Premier's got it wrong. You don't sell off a revenue-generating asset to pay for infrastructure. It's the wrong, I really think the Premier needs to know, is that all the families in Ontario that I've been talking to are telling us that they cannot afford their hydro bills. They're not in Kitchener and in Hamilton in Niagara Falls. They're not alone. It's happening everywhere. Everywhere, they're seeing their bills go up and their paychecks are staying the same. They can't afford private power generation. They can't afford private power transmission. They can't afford private local utilities speaker. The Premier is not an innocent bystander in this mess. She can take action and she needs to take action. Will she stop the sell-off of our electricity system? Premier. Mr. Speaker, as the leaders of the third party continues to try to conflate these issues, I talked about the need for us to make investments in infrastructure and that's the asset discussion. If she wants to have the conversation about the electricity price increases, Mr. Speaker, we are very aware that the investments that have been made in order to upgrade the system, in order to have a 90% clean, emissions-free grid in this province by shutting down the coal-fired plants, by jump-starting a renewable industry, Mr. Speaker, the cost associated with that and the investments that we've made. And so, Mr. Speaker, we have put in place programs to address those challenges. So we've removed the debt-retirement charge, Mr. Speaker, from people's bills. We've put in place the Ontario Energy and Property Tax Credit. I think the message is being sent. The O-Income Energy Assistance Program, Mr. Speaker, the Northern Ontario Energy Credit and most recently we have announced that we are going to be removing the 100% the provincial portion of the HST from people's bills. We understand that we need to take action and we are, Mr. Speaker. Thank you. Any questions? If I was looking across the aisle at a Conservative Premier and they said to me that they wanted to sell off Geronohydro and every other local utility, I'd be disappointed, Speaker, but I wouldn't be surprised. People expect Conservatives to say that's what they do, but that's not what the Liberal Party ran on, Speaker. People were deeply let down when this Premier announced out of the blue that she was actually going to sell off Hydro-1. Now everybody is worried that she's actually planning to help privatise their local utilities. Will this Premier rule out any further sell-offs? Thank you. Government exists to make decisions in the best interests of the people that it serves. I believe that if a government looks at a problem conceived that has been neglected by subsequent governments, Mr. Speaker, that has not paid attention to the economic growth of municipalities and has not made the investments necessary, then it is up to that government to make those investments and to find a practical way to do that. That is what we have done, Mr. Speaker. We have seen a problem. We trust that problem, and what we're seeing now, Mr. Speaker, is Ontario is one of the leaders in the country in economic growth. That's government's responsibility. Thank you. Supplementary. Speaker, people work really hard to save energy, but at the end of the day, people need to turn on the power to cool their homes, to cook their meals, to do their laundry. So when they see the Premier selling off Hydro One and encouraging the sell-off of local utilities like Toronto Hydro, they see a government helping people at the top make a hell of a lot of money while everyone else has to pay the price. I need to put it on the record. Please withdraw. They see a government helping people at the top, helping people at the top making a heck of a lot of money, while everyone else has to pay the price. People cannot afford it. Will this Premier stop her plan to sell off the Hydro utilities in this province, as well as stopping the sell-off of Hydro? Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. The other responsibility that government has is to make sure that as decisions are made, if there are people who need support, that we put those supports in place, and to help people to deal with their expenses on a day-to-day basis. So, Mr. Speaker, we have, as I have said a number of times, we have put a number of programs in place, including most recently announcing that we're taking the provincial portion of the HST off people's bills. But, Mr. Speaker, our responsibility is broader than that. We have to look at other ways that people need support, and other ways that they can participate in the economy. So, for example, Mr. Speaker, making sure that every student in this province has access to primary education, no matter what their income is, Mr. Speaker, that is a responsibility of government. That's why tuition will be free starting in September 2017 for 150,000 students from long-term families that have taken in a package mean that we are paying attention to people's needs on every day. Thank you. I find it astounding that not once did this Premier say it's the government's responsibility because of 80%. The Premier wants people to believe that she has nothing to do with the privatisation of Toronto Hydro, but she's already giving them and the finance minister mentioned it yesterday $100 million in tax giveaways to facilitate that. And she's planning more tax giveaways, Speaker, in the hopes of privatising Toronto's hydro hoping that in fact that move will take the attention away and won't sell off of Hydro One. The problem is that there are people across Ontario who can't afford to pay any more, Speaker, and instead of making things better for them, the Premier is trying to help herself and her party yet again. Will this Premier admit that she's got no mandate to privatise Hydro One or a single local utility and stop all the privatisation from now? You know, it makes me smile when the third party talks about helping us and our friends when she references the decision around Hydro One. It was a hard decision, Mr Speaker. It was a very difficult decision because it was a practical decision based on a need that we saw as we looked to fulfil our commitment to invest in infrastructure in this province. It was not an easy decision. It's one of those decisions that government has to take in order to be able to move forward. So, Mr Speaker, we took that decision because we know that the neglect that infrastructure in this province had suffered over years, Mr Speaker. The lack of investment, the digging of holes and the filling in of those holes and the lack of maintenance across the north, Mr Speaker. That had to stop. We had to find the resources to make the... You do have a wrap-up sentence. Fade that decision, Mr Speaker and the leader of the third party wants to conflate the issue of that decision and electricity prices. It's just not the case, Mr Speaker. My question is to the Premier Speaker. Halloween came early, it appears, yesterday when the government was so spooked by my question about the public accounts that they treated us to a hastily held technical briefing, a press conference and unaudited financial statements. This is unprecedented. It's never happened in Ontario before. It showed an $11 billion hole in their budget and they tried to hide it by admonishing and undermining the auditor general. Despite the auditor's warning, this past June of accounting changes in her and then again in the 2015 auditor's report in Chapter 2 which I'll have one of the pages to cover. The government has been aware of this speaker for quite some time and they want to know as Ontarians how this government is going to pay for it. Are they going to cut services to kids with autism? Is it going to be even higher hydro bills, new taxes or are they going to trick us with all of the above? Thank you. Isn't it the Treasury Board? I think, Speaker, we should maybe go back to the beginning of the story which is that while there certainly has been an ongoing discussion between the public servants who do the accounts and the auditor general not I would say the politicians for the report, while there's been an ongoing discussion, the first notification that we got that the auditor general would not treat the pension treatment which had currently been used for the last 14 years. The Chief Government whip is warned. Particularly when giving an answer, let's not interject. For the past 14 years, since 2012 the auditors of Ontario have approved a particular accounting practice for Pimp. Leader of the member was to try to be helpful member from the P.N. Carlton second time. We were faced with the situation that the auditor presented us on September the 13th with written information that she was rejecting the treatment used in the past. Thank you. The member from supplementary, the member from Nipissing. My question is for the Premier. Yesterday the auditor general confirmed there's an 11 billion dollar hole in the government's budget. Rather than co-operate with the auditor general, the government went into full panic mode with a desperate news conference. Rather than address management, the government continues to break their legal obligations. They stonewall the province's independent officers. Speaker, there's a pattern here. And now they have released unaudited financial statements. No verification from the auditor general. Speaker, people in Ontario want to know what this government is hiding and how it affects them. I ask the Premier if the auditor general refuses to verify their numbers, how can we ever trust anything they tell us? We had advice from our public servants who we certainly hold in high regard that the books should be treated one way. We had advice from the auditor general that the books should be treated another way. The way cabinet resolved this was to actually pass a regulation that the auditor general's treatment would be used in 2015. So I would point out that using the treatment that the auditor general asked us to use, that in fact what we have is a five billion dollar deficit, which is three and a half billion dollars lower than what we originally projected in the budget speaker. We do not have some sort of panic as the person over there seems to think. What we have is the desire to get this information to the public so the public can figure out what is going on. But I want to assure you, we use the auditor's numbers. Thank you. Any questions? My question is to the Premier. The Premier promised to be better that she would ensure vulnerable children are a priority, but that has simply not been the case since September 18th QP workers in local 49-14 representing child protection, administrative and support staff at PLCAS have been on strike. Replacement workers are being paid outrageous amounts. No wonder there is distress in the system. Will the Premier step up and ensure that PLCAS workers can get back to doing the important work they do for vulnerable children? The Minister of Labour is going to want to comment in the supplementary but let me just say that I believe that negotiations have to be between the parties who are involved the best deals are found at the table. So I hope that both sides will come together and we will find a way through the negotiation. That is the way the collective bargaining process works best. Thank you. The minister should be protecting children instead of being forced to walk picket lines. Children need stability. The children's aid system definitely needs stability. Vulnerable children should be the priority of this government. Making sure that people who work with them are respected is a key part of that. When will the government stop making, when will they start making this about children in care and making sure that the people who provide the services are respected? Thank you, Speaker. As a former president of a children's aid society in this province, I well understand what the speaker is talking about when she asks about these types of issues, but we should be proud of the labor relations record we have in the province of Ontario. Collective agreements are reached in well over 90% of the disputes are reached without a resort to strike action speaker. When we reach an impasse speaker, Thank you. Thank you, Speaker. When we reach an impasse, like we have in this regard, Speaker, we have some of the best arbitrators, we've got some of the best mediators, the best conciliators speaker in the country that make themselves available to ensure that the parties are able to come to the collective agreement at the bargaining table. I would urge the parties to get back to the table and strike a deal. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the minister of advanced education and skills development. This spring our government made the exciting announcement that we're going to be making OSAP more generous for all students and actually making tuition free for low income students. Mr. Speaker, could the minister give us this house an update on what this government is doing to make free tuition a reality? Thank you, Minister of Advanced Education. Thank you, Speaker, and thank you for the question from the member from Etobicoke Lakeshore. When qualified students are prevented from attending post secondary education because of cost, we all lose. We are all better off when all students are prevented from attending post secondary education. That's why we're working hard to implement the most ambitious reform of student assistance in North America. I'm very happy under $50,000, but we're also supporting families that's progressive speaker, so up to $160,000 family income, those students will still receive aid, improved upfront grant speaker. I'm getting free tuition. So what we're saying to students is you do the work, you get the marks, you get accepted, we'll make sure that money does not stand in the way of our education. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank you to the minister for her answer. Generous financial assistance is so important to ensuring that under represented students are able to reach their full potential. However, we know that some low income students never even applied education, let alone OSAP, because they assume the cost is too high. The sticker price of going to school can present a very real hurdle for low income students who may have a hard time understanding what financial assistance they may be eligible for. Through you, Mr. Speaker, can the minister tell us what our government is doing to tell students about these changes? Thank you, minister. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think that's absolutely right. Yes, financial barriers can keep students from pursuing higher education, but the perception of high costs and the fear of taking on debt can be a roadblock in and of itself, and that's why we're working hard to spread the word about OSAP reform. We're going to college and university fairs, we're talking to guidance counselors, we're going around the province to make sure that young people understand what doors our new OSAP can open for them. I had the opportunity to tour the Ontario University Fair, the Metro Convention Centre. 130,000 people attended that weekend, Speaker. I visited the old OSAP booth, I spoke to students, I spoke to parents, staff manning that booth said it was the busiest they've ever been. People are excited about this, but I'm also asking MPPs from all sides of the house to make sure students in their riding know that the doors of opportunity are open in Ontario. Thank you. Thank you, Mr Speaker. My questions to the minister of natural resources and forestry. After five years, four ministers, many FOIs and conversations with the I finally received some information regarding the special purpose account. As you know, the money collected from hunters and anglers licenses, royalties and fines is to be used solely to improve hunting and fishing in Ontario. However, I was shocked to see the money from hunters and anglers was going to purchase houses and psychologists. Speaker, would the minister be able to explain to hunters and anglers of this province how buying homes and paying for psychologists improves angling and hunting in Ontario? Thank you very much Speaker and I thank the member opposite for the question today. I wanted to take this opportunity to thank the conservation officers who provide enforcement for our hunters and anglers and programs throughout Ontario. Thank you very much. The member is talking about the special purpose account for our fish and wildlife programs. It costs about $100 million annually to pay for the fish and wildlife programs and services across Ontario. In 2015, the SPA the special purpose account gained $70 million and that goes to provide fish and wildlife management activities across Ontario. Some of those pieces talk about monitoring fish and wildlife populations, fish culture and stalking, fish and wildlife research management and planning, conservation of officers and enforcement, draws and licensing activities and hunter education to support that across Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Speaker, the lack of transparency and details continues with this new minister. Each minister I've dealt with four of them over the past five years have tried to hide the truth about expenditures and special purpose account. This summer, the Elmer District stakeholders received a response from the MNRF in regards to find out details of the special purpose expenses in our area. The response they received from the ministry was they do not track expenditures for the fish and wildlife special purpose account. However, the Financial Administration Act requires that receipts and disbursements be recorded for special account purposes. We know they have the information for hunters and anglers. Will the minister now release the details outlining how money from the special purpose account were spent and an explanation of how these monies have improved hunting and angling in Ontario? I'm not going to ask them to draw but the member was dangerously close to making an accusation that I cannot accept so I would warn anyone after this point not to go down that road, please. Supplementary. Thank you very much, Speaker. And again, I think the member opposite for the supplementary question. Staff that is funded from the the Fish and Wildlife Special Purpose account include but are not limited to biologists, scientists, conservation officers, fish culture staff, field staff and administration staff. Spenditures related to staff salaries and benefits are paid through the Fish and Wildlife SPA for those staff performing fish and wildlife management activities across Ontario. There are directives and guidelines in place that govern benefits and staff relocation entitlements when required. We have a process within the ministry to review each year program costs within the ministry and the Fish and Wildlife SPA. It costs about again, $100 million to pay for the Fish and Wildlife but yet that member when asked to pay for an increase in budget voted against that budget Thank you. Order, please. New question, the member from Kitchener Waterloo. Thank you, Speaker. My question is to the Premier. Speaker, this government has refused to give information to the financial accountability officer. They have attacked and they have undermined the auditor general for this province repeatedly over the years and now they have tabled the public accounts without the auditor general's opinion for the first time ever. There is a pattern here, Speaker. This government is making the kind of history that leaves people deeply disappointed. Will the Premier admit that this was a mistake and work with the auditor to retable audited public accounts for the province of Ontario? The Treasury Board? The Treasury Board? I will be absolutely delighted to table the public accounts but I cannot do that until we have an audit opinion from the auditor. That is why yesterday we released the consolidated financial statements in our annual report which is the same financial information is because we are awaiting an opinion from the auditor and I would point out that we in fact passed the deadline for the tabling of the public accounts last on the 27th and I am not able to table the public accounts until we have an opinion from the auditor. So when we get the opinion from the auditor I will indeed table the public accounts. Thank you. Mr. Speaker, they have an opinion. They just don't like that opinion. They are promised to have the most transparent and open government in Canada but that is not what people are seeing. The government is trying to avoid accountability very clearly. By tabling financials without an audit the Liberal government is releasing numbers that suit them, not the people of this province. We believe that the government should be about serving the people not the interests of the Liberal Party. Will the Premier commit to retabling the public accounts with the agreement of Ontario's nonpartisan auditor general? So just let me restate I do not have a written opinion from the auditor general. Once we have a written opinion from the auditor general I will be very happy to retable the accounts and they will say that we have not submitted financial statements which we released yesterday which is that the province has beaten its deficit target for the seventh year in a row. We have projected deficit, in fact we achieved a $5 billion deficit and that that is in fact the number that the auditor general requested that we use is $5 billion. $5 billion deficit which is $3.5 billion better than what we had projected in last year's budget. Thank you. Thank you Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Minister responsible for accessibility. Mr. Speaker, one in seven people in Ontario have a disability and this ratio is expected to increase to one in five over the next 20 years as our population ages. I speak regularly to the constituents in my writing of Davenport about accessibility in Ontario. They come in all the time and tell me that while Ontario has made great progress there is still a lot that we can do to remove barriers and increase accessibility for people with disabilities. Through the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and Ontario's Action Plan the government has made a commitment to make Ontario accessible by 2025. With the House, some of the great work this government has done to move forward to make Ontario accessible by 2025. Thank you. Thank you. I want to thank the member from Davenport for this great question. October as we know is disability Employment Awareness Month and I will make a statement in the House this afternoon on that. I am happy to take this opportunity as Ontario's first minister for accessibility to share with the House what makes Ontario a leader in accessibility through our AODA and our Action Plan we are building on our strengths and sharpening our focus to engage businesses and promote cultural shifts. We have launched a marketing campaign focused on raising awareness of the employment standard for employers and later this year's speaker will be releasing our Provincial Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities and I completed the first ever review of the customer service standard and initiated the review of the transportation standard which is currently under way speaker and I am happy to share more in the supplementary. So thank you to the minister for sharing this information with the House it is great to hear that this government sees the value and importance of making Ontario accessible for all. I hear from my constituents all the time both business owners and customers about opportunities they have missed because of the barriers people with disabilities face. One of my constituents Sharon uses an electric scooter and visits my office regularly she recently told me that when a business is accessible not only do customers with disabilities serve to gain but the business benefits as well. While we know that organizations will make their services accessible gain a competitive advantage for businesses and businesses and organizations are unaware of this great opportunity. Can the minister explain how the government is engaging with businesses and business owners to understand the value and importance of becoming accessible. Thank you minister. Thank you I want to thank the member again for the question. We know that for business being accessible speaker is not just the right thing to do but the people with disabilities and their 2.3 billion family members friends caregivers and colleagues that amounts to $8 trillion speaker of disposable income globally that some businesses are unfortunately missing out because of the lack of accessibility greater accessibility Ontario of course means greater opportunity for all we're raising awareness through campaigns we're engaging in public education and providing support for businesses and of course regularly conducting compliance inspection audits we're working to ensure they're not only compliant with the law but to help businesses see the value of being compliant as well and we recognize the importance of making our province fully accessible. Thank you. Thank you very much My question is to the premier we've been listening to the minister of energy lauding your hydro rebate plan for rural insurance where farmers have been especially hit hard by increasing electricity bills Mr. Speaker farms run in energy and energy rates are one of the most expensive cost for our farmers yet the minister is telling farmers that off-peak is the ideal time to use electricity and I quote just farm during off-peak hours and you'll save money lots of money a third of your bill so my question for the premier is how can she explain just how her time of use prices would be of any use to a farmer Thank you so much Thank you Mr. Speaker I'm delighted to respond to the member's question because it's yet another example Mr. Speaker of the chameleon like tendencies of the new PC party one minute they're telling us Mr. Speaker that we should be trying to find ways to lower energy rates we come in with a rebate program that provides 8% across the board for users, small business users farmers and others and in all parts of the province Mr. Speaker much more than that all we get from the member opposite is critique and criticism Mr. Speaker we've responded to some of the concerns of our farmers I know our Minister of Agriculture listens very closely the concerns our farmers raise and Mr. Speaker we've brought in put in place a program that will provide significant discounts on energy costs for our farmers and for residents across the province Thank you Mr. Speaker I'm going to go back to the premier again I'm going to realize that her Liberal Protection Plan for Ontario farmers is moot she berates would be a serious game-changer for farmers the Ontario Federation of Agriculture has told you that a 4 to 100 could free up more than $1 billion a year of new disposable income for rural interns to invest in and build our rural economy but maybe the premier and her minister know better so I asked her how does she imagine getting Ontario's 360,000 dairy cows to give milk during off-peak hours Mr. Speaker I would refer this to the Minister of Agriculture Minister of Agriculture for rural affairs Thank you very much Mr. Speaker Mr. Speaker I want to thank the supplementary for the member this morning in fact it's interesting enough you know I always read the commentary for the Ontario now I'll stand the member from Renfrew come to order Minister? Well thanks very much Mr. Speaker and I read the I read the very commentary from the Ontario Federation of Agriculture we have the President at our gallery today and it's interesting when our colleague the Minister of Energy announced the program there was a very positive commentary from the Ontario Federation of Agriculture in fact by the threshold level of the ICI there will be more far businesses the province of Ontario that could take advantage of that program Mr. Speaker Thank you Mr. Speaker Thank you Mr. Speaker Farmers are the foundation of our huge agricultural sector 750,000 jobs depend on farmers The risk management program was designed by farmers to insure them against the boom and bust cycles in agriculture the Liberal Government captured the program I didn't hear who the Liberal Government I said to the Premier The Liberal Government captured the program in the boom but since 2012 farm gate prices for corn, wheat, beef and pork have plummeted by half Premier will you lift the cap on the risk management program to help protect farmers from the oncoming bust Thank you Thank you very much Mr. Speaker I do appreciate the question from the member from Timissue and Carquin who's been an agriculture leader in the northeast The fact of the matter is it was a predecessor of mine, Carol Mitchell that canvassed broadly to all commodity groups that are not covered by supply management the province of Ontario it was this government that brought in a risk management program the only province in Canada that has such a program we did so to alleviate the challenges that they have prices that are determined by the Chicago exchange to level the playing field to give them support the 100 million dollar program is a place to do it and by recollection as Mr. Speaker we got no support for the opposition benches when that was in our budget Thank you Once again to the Premier the fact of the matter is that program was designed by farmers and the government to be bankable and predictable but then the government capped it so it's no longer bankable and predictable the fact of the matter is thousands of jobs rely on the stability of the farm community because as farmers get economically squeezed their processors can't rely on their products because they might not be there the government expects farmers to be stewards of the land with all their environmental rules yet they don't come through with the programs that actually help farmers survive once again will this government remove the cap to maintain the stability in the agriculture sector so we can retain the thousands, the hundreds of thousands of jobs that sector creates Thank you Well Mr. Speaker I want to thank the member for his supplementary the fact of the matter is we brought this program when Carol Mitchell predecessor Biden was here the reason we did so Mr. Speaker is because farmers in Ontario that are not covered by supply management wanted stability in their industry we want to get away from ad hoc programs so this government of course had extensive consultation with the non-supply management group in place we brought in a risk management program for Ontario farmers that's bankable and predictable to make sure we can address those concerns like we've had this past summer when parts of Ontario had unprecedented I was in the field meeting with those farmers to make sure that they knew that our program risk management program was a place Mr. Speaker to help them New question? The member from Perth Wellington Thank you Speaker My question is for the minister of community and social services it's about the families in crisis and many more on the brink they don't have the services they need to care for their adult children with developmental disabilities some families have no funding at all many are left sitting on wait lists the Ombudsman's report concluded that the government response to their plight was unreasonable and wrong the minister knows how important this is yet there was no mention of services for individuals with developmental disabilities in the throne speech why not Speaker and when will the government's response improve to something better than what the Ombudsman defines as unreasonable and wrong Minister of social community and social services Thank you very much Mr. Speaker and thank you to the member for the question because it gives me the opportunity to say how much I respect the individuals with developmental disabilities in this province, their families their caregivers and the challenges that they in fact face and certainly the comments made by the Ombudsman I found to be entirely unacceptable and this is why we're working so hard to ensure that no individual is left in unacceptable circumstances and this is why on this side of the house we're working so very hard many ministries are involved to ensure that we have seamless service for these individuals so my colleagues the Minister of Children and Youth the Minister of Education and I are particularly engaged in this file and this of course is why we have shown our commitment to those with developmental disabilities we are now spending some $2.11 billion per year on this particular sector Thank you Mr. Speaker Thank you Thank you Speaker I'm sure the Minister is sincere but the government continues pushing families to the brink of crisis before they take notice the Hintz family who I represent is one example we appreciate the Minister's interest but this family has endured months of stress and uncertainty the Forty family also needs help Lucas Forty needs passport funding but he's been on the wait list for over a year when Lucas turned 18 his funding stopped even though he is the same person with the same needs he was the day before now he has to use his ODSP check for all of his needs what will the Minister do for Lucas and his family and why did this government still say it's the same birthday by cutting off services to those with exceptional needs Thank you Mr. Speaker and of course I cannot comment on individual cases in this House but having said that I want to assure every member that if they become aware of urgent situations I and my ministry officials are anxious to look into the situation and look at any possible avenue of support and having said that I want to reiterate that our government did in fact introduce a budget that included $810 million for the sector over three years a budget that was voted against in fact by the opposition members and these funds have been put to exceptionally good use we're now supporting some 42,000 individuals with developmental disabilities direct funding for passport now to more than 18,000 individuals and we're currently supporting some 18,000 individuals for residential supports Thank you Mr. Speaker Thank you Mr. Speaker My question is to the Premier According to Statistics Canada there are about 1.8 million people who live in rural Ontario the Premier has told Ontarians in rural Ontarians that they will see an additional 12% in average savings off their hydro bill from an enhanced rural rate relief program but as it turns out only 330,000 rural customers will see the extra savings including non-residential customers When will the government tell the people in Kenora Rainey River how many of them will be getting 20% off their hydro bills and how many won't Thank you Minister of Economic Development Thank you Mr. Speaker Mr. Speaker the changes that we made are going to provide 110 million dollars of support and relief to rural and remote customers and Mr. Speaker that information was put forward when the minister made the announcement so it was very clear to those residents Mr. Speaker as to where it applies and where it doesn't and Mr. Speaker I know that the ministers work very closely with communities to identify where this applies at the end of the day Mr. Speaker every resident in Ontario gets an 8% discount off their bill that's where it starts 8% off their bill significant rebate Mr. Speaker we heard very much from residents and we've responded we know that there are challenges in rural Ontario as well and we know Mr. Speaker that we've responded to that because depending on where they're at whether they're in remote communities or not they'll be getting up to 20% off their bill which is good news Mr. Speaker thank you Mr. Speaker new regulations will force local utilities to start adding special government messaging about the rural rate relief on their hydro bills but you can bet that those bills won't mention that most northern and rural Ontarians are not getting the full 12% savings in the rural rate relief and they need relief one woman in my riding recently wrote to me about the out of control of the high hydro rates she said my husband is on disability my goal now is to work until 70 and then drop dead because she simply can't afford to pay her hydro bill and too many others in Kanora Rainey River are literally being driven out of the province because of the high hydro rates when will the premier tell us how many people in Kanora Rainey River will actually get the full 12% in rural rate relief thank you Mr. Speaker Mr. Speaker as I said before the new regulation includes an additional $110 million of support for rural and remote residents it's very important that we do that and it does depend on whether they're in an urban area or a rural area those rules have been outlined and Mr. Speaker they'll have to work through that to determine where in fact those residents live but we've been very clear about it that the people in this province get an 8% discount we've heard, we've responded Mr. Speaker we're ensuring that those residents get a break on their energy bills Mr. Speaker I think that's what the people in this province expect and I think they'll be very pleased to get that it'd be nice if the NDP were positive about it thank you Mr. Speaker the member from Kingston in the audience Mr. Speaker my question is for the Minister of Labor often when we think of occupational injuries we think of those that cannot be seen by looking at a person a cut or a broken bone over the course of the last few years we've heard more about all sorts of injuries that can occur in workplaces that we cannot spot by simply looking at someone mental health is an example of this another example are pains and strains are MSD's musculoskeletal disorders exactly the type of work being researched by Dr. Rainbow and his team at the state-of-the-art high-speed skeletal imaging laboratory at Queens University these injuries can be debilitating and impact Ontarians from working to their full potential or even at all can the Minister please share with the House what the Ministry of Labor is doing to prevent MSD's in Ontario workplaces thank you Mr. Speaker and thank you to the member from Kingston the islands for her tremendous advocacy when it comes to occupational health and safety speaker and she's correct not all the illnesses not all the injuries that take place in the workplace are actually ones that we can see Speaker every day workers in this province use their muscles their tendons their ligaments their joints they lift they carry they sit they stand they move in a variety of ways Speaker in order to do the work in the job they have sometimes that can put a little bit too much demand on your body can cause pain discomfort but it can lead to more serious injuries Speaker and it can lead to something called MSD October is the month that we recognize ergonomic speaker our Ministry of Labor our health and safety partners will be raising awareness of MSD's right throughout the province of Ontario so Speaker I want to take this opportunity to encourage employers and workers to take part in these planned activities it's going to prevent injuries Speaker there's no understanding order 38A the member from Elgin Middlesex London has given notice of his dissatisfaction with an answer to his question given by the Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry concerning expenditures on the special purpose account this matter will be debated today at 6 p.m. we have a deferred vote on the motion of closure and the motion is second reading of bill number 2 calling the members this will be a 5 minute bill let's take your seats thank you on September the 21st 2016 Mr. Nack we move second reading of bill 2 with various statutes with respect to election matters Mr. Dugud has moved that the question be now put all those in favour of Mr. Dugud's motion please rise one at a time be recognized by the clerk Mr. Dugud Mr. Bradley Mr. Nack Ms. Sandler Ms. Wynn Mr. Matthews Mr. Hosskins Mr. Shirelli Mr. McCharles Mr. Delady Mr. Gravelle Mr. Murray Mr. Chan Mr. Meridian Mr. Hunter Mr. Leo Mr. Flynn Mr. Orzetti Mr. Codrick Mr. Dixon Mr. Dixon Ms. Manga Ms. Crack Mr. Ballard Ms. Nidu Harris Mr. Fraser Mr. Anderson Mr. Baker Mr. Don Ms. Hogarth Ms. Kuala Ms. Martin Mr. Milch Mr. Pot Mr. Bernal All those opposed please rise one at a time be recognized by the clerk Mr. Wilson Mr. Hardim Mr. McCloud Mr. Jones Mr. Brown Mr. Clark Mr. Fidelli Mr. Hillyer Mr. Miller Mr. McNaughton Mr. Scott Mr. Monroe Mr. Bailey Mr. Walker Mr. Harris Mr. Van Mr. Singh Mr. Horvath Mr. Tabin Mr. Miller Mr. Taylor Mr. Nattesha Ms. Armstrong Ms. Campbell Mr. Monta Mr. Hatfield Mr. Gretzky Mr. Gates The eyes are 51 the nays are 40 The eyes being 51 the nays being 40 I declare the motion carried Mr. Naughty has moved second reading of bill 2 An act to amend various statutes with respect to election matters Is it a pleasure to house the motion carried I heard a no All those in favor please say aye All those opposed to the motion please say nay In my opinion the ayes have it Calling the members this will be a five minute bill Mr. Naughty has moved second reading of bill 2 An act to amend various statutes with respect to election matters All those in favor of the motion please raise One at a time be recognized by the clerk Mr. Nattesha Mr. Bradley Mr. Del Duque Mr. Horvath Mr. Shirelli Mr. Duque Mr. McCharles Mr. McMeaghan Mr. McCall Mr. Gravel Mr. Murray Mr. Chan Mr. Moriti Mr. Hunter Mr. Leal Mr. Flynn Mr. Orzetti Mr. Orzetti Mr. Caudry Mr. Dixon Ms. Manga Ms. Crab Ms. McGarris Ms. Wong Mr. Fraser Mr. Anderson Mr. Baker Ms. Kuala Ms. Martin Mr. Milchin Mr. Rinaldi Mr. Brineo Mr. Hillier Mr. Brown Mr. Wilson Mr. Brown Mr. Fidella Mr. Miller Mr. McNaught Mr. McNaught Mr. Monroe Mr. Bailey Mr. Walker Mr. Harris Mr. McDonnell Mr. Pettipi Mr. Choe Mr. Singh Mr. Novo Mr. Tabby Mr. Miller Hamilton Mr. Taylor Ms. Armstrong Ms. Campbell Mr. Humont Mr. Hatfield Mr. Gretzky Mr. Gates Those opposed, please rise one at a time and be recognized by the clerk. Nays are zero. The ayes being 91, the nays being zero. I declare the motion carried. Second reading of the bill. District Lecture Project de loi. The bill be ordered for third reading. To move on to the back of what the other commentof. Thank you. Peace, my name is


Proudly we hail from New York City where the American stage begins here is another program with a cast of outstanding players public service time has been made available by the station to bring you this story as proudly we hail the United States Army our story today is entitled the nice quiet weekend and is a tale of suspense and adventure that begins when two soldiers head off for a weekend pass a weekend pass that involves a blonde a long sports car and a murder our first act curtain will rise in just a moment but first high school seniors here's an important message for you the United States Army's Reserve for you program will guarantee you a classroom seat in an exciting Army technical career course before you enlist you'll get top-notch training on the job experience while serving side-by-side with America's finest young men the choice is wide open and it's yours to make high school graduates can choose from more than 100 interesting career courses that range from atomic technician through welding a fact-filled booklet called reserve for you tells you about the entire program get in on the swing get your free copy of reserve for you by visiting or writing your nearest United States Army recruiting station and now your United States Army presents the proudly we hail production of nice quiet weekend I want to tell you about a certain weekend the one my buddy Bert Mayny always calls the nice quiet weekend me my name is Chuck Christie sergeant Christie United States Army Bert and I are both stationed for Dix, New Jersey is cadremen for the benefit of civilians that means instructed for the benefit of soldiers means a pretty good deal all around but to get back to the weekend we had a pass and we were headed north barreling along the New Jersey turnpike with a throttle of Bert's Jalopy wide open in Bert's Jalopy that means we were doing a snappy 50 miles an hour and watching the trucks and a little old lady driver zoom past us in the fast lane now I'm telling you Chuck someday I'm gonna get me a car that will at least go as fast as the speed limit what's the rush I thought we were gonna relax this weekend okay so spend my whole pass on this turnpike maybe I did your dirt how do you mean fighting up to my folks place you'd rather be knocking around New York wouldn't you know not me I do that every time I get a pass no sir this time I'm taking it easy home cooking quiet house in the country folks like my own back home hey Chuck you're sure it's all right with your people well they invited you didn't they well I just wanted to make it look out some people think they own the road just because they can drive a fancy sports car you get a good look at her who the girl driving that car oh some day I'm sorry I was too busy keeping up from killing us she was all right down boy down you leave that stuff to your uncle very okay but there's one even a chaser like you won't that she was doing at least 90 and she's out of sight already yeah out of sight but not out of mind my boy I'm big weekend not me with the beginning although we didn't realize it at the time about five minutes later we pulled into one of those service areas along the turnpike have a cup of coffee as we drove into the parking area hey here's the space hey Bert Bert look there where it's her car the sports car what do you know it must be fate well laugh if you want to but you didn't get a good look at her I did yeah it's a snappy looking car I'll say that as for the girl my what's the matter oh look coming this way that's the girl what did I tell you isn't she something oh junior I salute your taste shut up she'll hear you hmm well back to work where do you think you're going who me we stopped here for coffee Sergeant Christie sometimes I think you've got the soul of an MP okay we'll have our coffee we went into the restaurant had our cup of coffee by the time we came out we'd almost forgotten about the girl almost that is until we start to stroll over to Bert's car how about a cigarette shot no matter if I do I'm asking not offering yeah I might have known wait a minute yeah yeah here they are thanks I left mine in the car say don't look now but where is the car huh it's gone we parked it there next to the sports car didn't we we sure did come on it's gone all right how they do it you've got the keys haven't you know like a don fool I left them in the ignition oh fine obviously the work of an idiot two cars with the keys in the ignition and they steal my car instead of this one you mean to say she left her keys to look for yourself Bert do you know what's happened yeah sure we just became a couple of foot so no no she swapped cars with us oh you're not am I she was walking over here when we were going in the restaurant she drove away in something and it sure wasn't her own car look Blonder no blonde nobody could be that dumb I couldn't give away my hate and this dreamboat here must be worth 4,000 bucks just the same that's what happened she took our car and left hers hey you think this car is hot or something all right no one way to find out I can read your mind but we're not driving away in this car maybe you're not but I am well you're coming Chuck if this car is hot there'll be an alarm out when we stop to pay our toll they'll pick us up what then we explain that what happened that's all what can we lose our weekend pass our good duty at Fort Dix our stripes shall I go on you feel like walking it's okay with me I'm finishing the trip in this car okay okay you win but we'd better have a good story ready when we hit that toll gate it turned out we didn't need this story when we hit the toll gate every time we passed a police car how to resist the impulse to throw up my hands and agree to go quietly but no one paid the slightest attention to us and we made it all the way home the next morning after breakfast Bert and I went out of the curb where the car was parked as though drawn by a magnet well it's still there did you expect the good fairy to snatch it back during the night what are we gonna do with it Bert oh now we ask why didn't you think of that when you insisted on taking it gotta get it back to her some way and find your car I suppose we could trace a license number what good will that do if it's a stolen car hey how about the glove compartment maybe there are some papers or something well we could look it's a woman's car all right this thing is almost as full of junk as a pocket book empty it out let's see what we can find what you find we've been underestimating this babe a gun yeah it's been fired too I can't understand it she looks so young and well so young maybe she's a juvenile delinquent who signed up for a second hit I'm glad you think this is funny I don't I'm sorry I didn't know you cared hey look I think this might be it is the car registration well who does it belong to Beth Gardner age 20 height 5 2 weight 104 eyes blue hair blonde sex female that's her hey wait now here's the address what listen 10 miles from here practically the girl next door welcome on where you going to return her car of course on our hold if we take this car any place we'll take it to the police oh sure and what are we gonna tell them that a girl insisted on trading her $4,000 sports car for your jalopy Chuck what about this guy I'd like to hear her explanation of that I'd like to hear her explanation to a lot of things okay then we've got the address what are we waiting for I can just hear myself in front of the court martial board now it was all my buddy's idea Colonel honest I just went along for the ride okay drive on let's see now 623 must be in the next block hey there she is the girl where no no my jalopy right up there that's it that's her house I'll pull up right behind well don't just sit there I'm coming get that gun out of sight oh sorry general any further order knock it off will you a nice looking little shack I wonder if she lives alone must be home with the car parked outside hey Chuck how do we open the conversation shall I say miss would you like to buy a hot pistol keep that gun out of sight until we're ready for it okay okay here she comes yet miss Gardner who are you the United States Army what my buddy's a comedian my name is sergeant Chuck Christie he's sergeant Bert Mayny charm what is it you want we brought back your car we'd like to get ours oh oh yes I just a minute I'll get the key hold it a minute don't you think we have an explanation coming to us I'll get you the keys I'm man have you ever got her twisted around your little thing in mind I'm not leaving without the explanation don't you sure here are the keys may I have mine oh certainly that is as soon as we get that explanation I don't think I owe anyone an explanation now sergeant may I have my key you stole our car on the turnpike yesterday well I left you mine it was more than a fair exchange sure now I have to waste a couple of hours of my past getting it back to you at least you can do is tell me why you took our car I'm sorry I can't do that now will you give me my keys or do you want me to telephone the police now that's the best idea anybody's had yet then I could get rid of this what are you doing with that gun no no no no no that's our question what were you doing with it we found it in your car and and it's been fired give me no thanks we don't want it fired again all right keep it didn't mind you fired it though didn't you I never thought before I can tell about that from the fingerprints fingerprints don't you ever listen to crime shows on the radio now would you like to call the police come in well that's more like it go on Bert it's a nice place you have here sit down please is your family at home no mother and dad are away for the weekend that's our what do you want from me just an explanation that's all then what if the explanation doesn't suit we take the gun to the police I see well you can all save a lot of time by going to the police right now we're in no hurry to go to them suppose you tell us why you swapped cars because I'm in desperate trouble what kind of trouble I you'd better tell us we may be able to help you no one can help me I might feel better though if I get it off my mind we're listening well there was a man named Tim Brian an important man at least I thought he was important mother and dad didn't like him and they finally said I was never to see him again when they went away for the weekend he dropped by and wanted to take me dancing down at the shore so I was bored and well I accepted went down in my car and we danced for a while and then he took me to meet a friend of his a man who had a small place down there I began to get worried by then especially when the friend left to buy us something to eat according to him I didn't like being there alone with Tim and I told him so very think you're going baby out we've been here long enough and now wait a minute I can't run out on Marty please I want to go don't think we're nuts he went out to get us something to eat I don't care I want to leave now what why did you lock the door relax Beth baby I just don't want you running out Marty be heard if he came back and found you gone Tim Brian you are not that door I want to go home right now maybe I can change your mind come here let me go how dare you how corny can you get are you a big girl Beth you came down here with your eyes open they're open now I want to get out of here why don't you get really dramatic look doing with a gun I thought you'd want to defend your honor with it and what's the matter I want to go home don't want the gun okay we'll play it straight then I've changed my mind come on now put the gun down isn't loaded anyway isn't it now wait a minute baby don't do anything foolish I warn you don't come any closer I want the key now look you better let me have that rod stay away from me come on now give that to me no don't give away give me that baby am I going to do the key where is it I'm gonna get out of here I didn't mean it I didn't mean it I didn't even know I still had the gun in my hand until I got into the car after that I I don't really remember what happened I must have driven around all night then sometime yesterday I I decided to get home and try to think what to do what about our car on the turnpike I stopped at the service area for gas when I spotted this man Marty I had the wild idea he'd been following me I saw your car next to mine with a key in the ignition I took it now you know everything you mean now we've heard everything we start out for a nice quiet weekend and we wind up as accessories to a murder you are listening to the proudly we hail production the nice quiet weekend we'll return in just a moment for the second act high school seniors ensure a secure well-paying future by preparing for it now the United States Army is reserved for you program will guarantee you a classroom seat in an exciting Army technical career 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there until the silence was shattered by the ringing of the telephone better answer it suppose it's the police don't say a word until you've talked to a lawyer a lawyer can't help me now hello that you bet who who is it Marty you sound surprised to hear me no I'm not who is it Marty the man who owned the place down at the shore hello you still have that talk to him see what he wants yes I'm still here good you know kid I got quite a job when I came back to the shack and found you know what what do you want with me I want to help you kid what you think how can you help me I already helped look at the morning paper is it is it in the paper that's just the point you seem like such a nice kid to me I figured you must have had a good reason for what you did you didn't report it better than that I've got a dope doll so that it never gets reported but that's impossible nothing's impossible if you know your way around now there's just one thing yes a fix like this is expensive I need some work in capital oh what you want money of course agree with him promise anything he asks but I don't argue hello hello are you still there yes I'm here we got to work fast you all right I'm ready what do you need all about three grand we'll stand them off for a while 3000 but that's so much saying exactly a speed and take it up fix it can you get it to me today but it's Sunday the banks close kind of cash you got around the house well no more than $200 bring it what about jewelry a diamond bracelet maybe I have an emerald ring that's quite valuable bring that your doors are down payment all right where do you want me to go my cottage you know the way no not there yes it's okay when do you want me to come right away if you leave now you can make it an hour and a half all right I'll be there well I'm to go to the cottage and bring my emerald ring good we'll drive you down we but he's expecting me alone naturally but Marty sounds like the top who likes surprises we'll give him one matter with your bird you haven't opened your mouth since we hit the turnpike oh my free sergeant told me there'd be weekends like this I should have listened to him I should never have dragged you into my trouble well I never contradict the lady Chuck I want you to turn the car around right now I'm not going to let you do get involved sorry we're not allowed to turn around on the turnpike sure you want to get us into trouble I don't know what Marty will do when he sees me show up with two soldiers guarantee you one thing he won't go to the police then what will he do we'll worry about that when we get there I hate to put things off if you don't mind I'll start worrying now well you won't have to worry long Bert we should be there in another 15 minutes nice to be right about one thing anyhow we were there in another 15 minutes Marty's cottage was about a hundred feet back from one of the main highways that lead to the ocean as we pulled up and stopped things look pretty quiet around the place is this the right place looks deserted I'll knock at the door you and Bert can wait here Chuck as well as a prize come on Bert okay but this time I'm taking the car keys you made good time kid of it where the soldiers come from from Fort Dick's Pal do you mind if we come in and set a spell get lost what I like good old-fashioned hospitality after you bet it's a nice little place you have here reminds me of an orderly room in Dix okay smart boys what's the big idea Marty that's the very thing we want to know why'd you bring these guys here they'll explain it themselves Marty okay then you too start explaining know something Bert I get the distinct impression that Marty doesn't like us that's funny I felt that too what we're trying to say Marty is that there's a host you lack a certain something I heard enough out of you get out of here but then that may be due to the fact that you aren't really the host Tim Bryant rented this place didn't he Chuck be careful what do you know about him enough to know he's the brains of your little partnership one look at you was enough to tell me that you couldn't be okay I've had enough when you brought these two juggers along you lost up the whole deal now you face the wrap alone take it easy Beth Marty you mentioned a wrap what would that be Tim Bryant is dead and she killed him I'll scare him to death shot on the death right to the heart with a 45 slug now for all I care she can fry for it on the gun Bert is this the gun she used let's see that give it to him Bert it's empty yes be my guest yeah that's the rod the one she must have used oh don't worry I carry a permit for it oh I wasn't worried about you Marty I was worried about poor Tim he must have been in awful shape to die of a wound from a 45 blank blank take a look in the barrel of that gun I did a bullet going through there would have cleaned it out that gun hasn't fired anything but a blank in some time you're a pretty smart kid I've learned a little bit about guns in the army that's all Chuck what does it mean it means if Tim Bryant's dead right now it must have been due to natural causes and then I didn't shoot it right but then why a black male racket they staged a phony murder and hope to make you pay for it the rest of your life all right I've heard enough Tim your hands inside all of you this gun isn't loaded with blanks hey Chuck maybe you were wrong about the blank from the looks of this character he could be a zombie ahead boys laugh it up while you can we got it out of here Tim how far we get with these three yelling their heads off for help we'll tie him up that'll give us a couple hours start not enough my next conviction is for life I'm playing this all the way don't be a dope Tim this will mean the chair if I'm caught I don't expect to be you wouldn't kill us Tim you couldn't do a thing like that not in cold blood crocodile tears baby that gun had been loaded the other night you killed me quick enough okay out of the house all three of your March while you're taking him Tim the fields about a half a mile down this road too close to the highway here come on March I'm scared steady they haven't done anything yet move you gonna make us walk we haven't got time for that walk over to your car that's it you get first kid all right I broke his little arm thank goodness you're both safe while you're thanking things honey thank the science of judo that's one of the things Chuck and I teach down at Fort Dix when it done as much good if that horn hadn't short-circuited when it did that was the miracle we needed miracle my eye that horn went off because I stuck a bobby pin in it I know if you tricked myself we're back at Dix just in time too what are you grinning about for our nice quiet weekend home cooking nice quiet house what was all that stuff I said I'm sorry but how did I know it was gonna turn out that way that's okay Chuck don't apologize only if we can wangle a path next weekend you can come with me I'll show you the kind of excitement that I really like no thanks bird I can make it can make it why not now before we say goodbye Beth and I cooked up a little date for next weekend both days you'll have to go on your own no coming career-minded young men and women now is the time to check on the army's new reserved for you technical training program in it you can choose from 87 outstanding courses and have a reserved seat in the school you've selected before you enlist for complete information visit your nearest United States Army recruiting station or put your name and address on a postcard and mail it to RPC Governor's Island New York for New York that's RPC Governor's Island New York for New York and we'll be very glad to send you no obligation in the mail a free copy of our little booklet called reserved for you this has been another program on proudly we hail presented transcribed in cooperation with this station proudly we hail is produced by the recruiting publicity center in New York for the 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