Recently, I have been having a bit of a problem finding a window manager that I enjoy using. I've talked about this on the podcast and in a blog post or two, and I've just been having a real tough time kind of settling down into something that I enjoy. I have had this problem many times before, and usually when I have a problem or I make a switch to something that I'm doing in my workflow, I come here and I make a video about it. In fact, I'm gonna post several thumbnails of previous videos where I say I've switched to something. You know, either I've hopped to a different distro or I moved to a different window manager or I've changed to a different browser. I've made a lot of videos talking about how and why I've changed to something new. It's one of the things that I do very often on this channel more often than I even thought. I went back through my video catalog, which is numbering close to a thousand videos these days, and I discovered that I've made many videos saying my new window manager is this or I'm changing to this browser or this distro. I've made those videos a lot, and I was gonna make another one today. I was like, well, I've switched to plasma, you know, and everyone would assume that it was because it was of plasma 6. I'm not even on plasma 6. I just happened to switch to plasma at the same time. But when I sat down to make that video, I realized that I've made that video before. In fact, I've made that exact video before talking about how I was gonna switch to plasma. And I'm pretty sure at that point when I made that video, perhaps like three days later, I stopped using plasma and went right back to a window manager of some kind. I don't even at this point remember what window manager I went back to. But I did in fact change my mind very few days right after I made that video. And that's happened often as well. I make a video saying I'm switching to this. And then a few days later, I either suspect what I was using before or I've switched to something new. So what I want to do today is instead of actually telling you that I've switched to another desktop environment, I want to explain a little bit about why I changed my mind so often. Now there are actually many reasons why. And it's not just because I'm insane. Some of them, some of the reasons why are actually things that make sense. But they make sense for me. So let me explain. But before we do, if you leave a thumbs up on this video, I really appreciate it really help the channel. So why do I change my mind? Why do I switch to different workflows so often? Well, the answer to that question is many. So first, and probably a very large part of it is ADD. I have spectacular ADD when it comes to my computer. I like to change things up. I have fun switching back and forth between things. That's part of it a big part of it. I enjoy setting up plasma from scratch to something that's workable that looks good. I have fun setting up I three or X monad or cutile or hyperland even I have fun setting those things up into a final form that I enjoy using or that looks good, right? I enjoy doing those things. I've made many racing videos on this channel, just because I enjoy that process so much. So that's a big part of it. Another part of it is that I and kind of related is that I get bored very easily. So while I enjoy the process of setting things up and getting them to look the way that I want, you know, them to work or want them to look, I also once I get there, want to experience that process again. And I'll and therefore I get bored with what I've just set up very, very quickly. It's silly. Not a lot of people are like this. In terms of this particular workflow, I understand that I'm weird in this situation. But it's I've here to explain why I do that. And that's one of the reasons why another reason why is I'm a YouTuber, which is still one of the weirdest things I ever say about myself. I like to try out new things. And by trying out new things, oftentimes, I will experience something that leads me to a video topic, whether that's trying out a new version of plasma, a new version of hyperland, whatever. Or if I want to try to try a tool or whatever, switching away from what I was doing to something new, oftentimes creates video content that I can then create and then share with you guys. So that's another reason why I'm the way that I am. But really, I switched back and forth between things long before I was a YouTuber, but that's beside the point. I still attribute some of it to me wanting to find new things to talk about on camera. Another reason, and this is still kind of interconnected with those first two, is that I work from this computer that I send in front of all the time. Now I do have a standing desk that's beside behind me. I use that all the time. I have laptops that I can use elsewhere in the house or in a coffee shop or whatever I can do those things. But the vast majority of my work, both for the channel and for my real day job is sitting here in front of my triple monitor set up with a desktop that sits behind it with all the accrual trauma that goes along with it, right?  And a little dramatic there, Matt. Yes. But you understand I hope you understand what I mean by that is that I if everything looked exactly the same every single day, my motivation to work at this station every single day would go away. So oftentimes I would switch to something different because it would allow me to have a different view. It's kind of it's kind of like being able to move to a different part of the house to look out onto a different landscape or going to a coffee shop or whatever. So you can get a different perspective on the world while you're doing whatever it is you're doing. For me, because I'm kind of stuck here, a lot of the times because this is where the vast majority of my work happens. And because my monitor here blocks the actual window, I have to go all the way over here to actually look out the window. Changing things up makes things fresh. It makes things feel a little new. And that has become very important for me when it comes to staying motivated to do things while sitting at this desk. It's also one of the reasons why when I, you know, before I started this weird color scheme channels with Darth Vader, why I oftentimes would switch color schemes four or five, six times a day. Now, that doesn't mean that I had to create those color schemes four or five, six times a day. That would be, you know, it would take all of my time, but I would have a whole bunch of preconfigured color schemes, and I'd switch between them four or five times a day. It would lighten up or brighten up my computer to the point where it looked a little bit different. You know, either there's a new bar layout or new color scheme or whatever. And it just made things feel fresh and not as samey, if that makes sense. So that's another reason why I change things quite often is because it allows me to develop a fresh perspective on my workflow and kind of keeps me motivated to keep doing my work. And the final reason that I kind of want to talk about is that sometimes I'm experiencing problems with one of the things that I do enjoy using. So for example, for the longest time recently, I've been having problems with Qtile. Qtile is my favorite window manager. And for while there, it was crashing and then I was having problems with the bar just disappearing on one of my monitors for whatever reason. And it took me a while to solve those problems. And sometimes I'm not motivated to solve the problems at all. So when I do have experience a problem like that, or, you know, when I switched to hyperland, when I had some Wayland problems, or there are some bugs in hyperland, I switched away to to something different instead of fixing those or I was waiting for the fix to happen. And it's just one of those things that, you know, I have multiple things on my system. I have several desktop environments and several window managers that I can just switch to when something breaks. It just makes it a lot easier because a lot of times, if I update my system, which I do every four days, and it breaks, you know, Qtile or breaks X monad or whatever, I don't have the time to fix that stuff right then and there. So I just switched to something else that I already have set up. So that's another reason why I oftentimes switch. But the overarching idea here is that I oftentimes make videos about switching to these things. And I think that making a video kind of expresses a level of commitment that I don't often stick to. I think I put that as diplomatically as I could could possibly do. So I make video saying that I'm switching to KDE plasma. Three days later, I'm no longer using KDE plasma because KDE plasma is oftentimes very buggy for me and I can't solve the bugs or whatever and I just move away after three days. Why do you make the video? I did this when I switched to Fedora for the first time and I'm switching to Fedora. And that was like two or three weeks after I made a video saying I was switching to Manjaro. So I've made many of these videos over the course of the last three and a half years or so. And I think part of it is just a YouTube thing where I have interest in kind of making a video to tell you guys about what's going on in terms of my workflow and my experience with Linux. So some of that also, you know, I at one point was making videos every single day and making a video about how I changed just something is very, very easy to do. So I did that quite often. Also, again, going back to the whole content idea thing is when I want to switch to something to gain that those content ideas. Oftentimes, I'll make a video saying, Hey, I'm switching to this because I'm going to do a long term review of it or I want to experience this, this and this and I'll make more videos along the line. So oftentimes I'll make these videos where I'm talking about how, you know, I switched to something and then I don't commit to it as long as people probably thought that I would. Now I have gotten better. Okay, I have gotten better at this in some aspects. So distros hasn't been a problem in well over half a year. I've been on open Suza since July of last year. I'm still highly enthusiastic about open Suza. If I can point you to my sticker, I have I have very many good things to say about open Suza so much so that I've made many videos about open Suza and I'll make many, many more because I enjoy open Suza a lot. I want to share my love of open Suza. So in terms of distros, I've kind of settled down finally, I've settled down also and it took me a very long time to stupidly learn this is that I finally figured out in my head that the grass isn't greener on the other side. Okay, it really, really is not. I can have problems on open Suza and I have had problems on open Suza. But finally, I've realized that hopping to another distro for me personally isn't going to solve those problems. It may solve those problems when we have other problems, right? So I could go to Fedora and have an entirely different set of issues. I could go to Ubuntu or Linux Mint or whatever and just have different issues than I have on open Suza. It doesn't actually solve anything. I still have problems because Linux isn't perfect.  So I've finally learned in terms of distros at least that I have some stability if I just stick here and try to solve the problems that are here instead of going somewhere else and experiencing new problems. So in terms of distros, I finally settled down. I found my forever love or at least forever love for right now. Hopefully, you know, we can't I can't say with definitive purpose that I'm always going to be on open Suza. I want to say that because I really enjoy open Suza. But once my two year challenge is over, maybe I'll decide to something else, right? As of right now, I would bet I know, but we'll see. I'm on open Suza at least until July of next year. So I think that at that point, I can honestly say that I've settled down. But as of right now, it feels like I have other things not so much. So like I said, I just switched to plasma. I was going to make a video about switching to plasma, but I don't need to make a video about switching plasma because I've already done that. But in terms of the thing that I use that's in front of me, like not the distro, but the window manager or the desktop environment, that stuff is I have a feeling that that's never going to be a place where I'm going to be able to settle down. I get bored too fast. I enjoy setting things up too much. And like I said, switching things out, making things look different makes my work easier because it makes it less samey, right? So I have a feeling that my inability to settle down and just choose a desktop environment or just choose a window manager is going to be something that I'll struggle with forever. It's just kind of the nature of the way that I do my things. And that's, you know, just that I'm going to try not to make videos every time I make a change. It's not every time. It's just a lot of the times. So I'm not going to bombard you every time I make a change. Maybe I'll just mention in a podcast during the initial segment of the podcast is they go, I just like this last week, I said I switched to Qtile because I finally got Qtile were up and running. Well, Qtile started breaking again. So I switched to plasma. Maybe I can mention it there, but I don't need to make a video about it. So desktop environments, window managers, I'm always going to switch around in terms of browsers. Browsers is the other thing where I switch often and usually make a video about it. I have found the browser that I want to use probably forever. And that's Vivaldi. I love Vivaldi has the features that I need to be a proper tab hoarder. It's amazing. It's also a buggy piece of software. It really, really is. Every single time that it updates, it breaks. And I fix it because there are certain kind of workarounds you can do to fix the biggest problems that it seems to have.  I'm never using Vivaldi again. I'm switching back to Firefox. And then I use Firefox for well Firefox is a good browser, but it doesn't have the tab management features that I really enjoy things like workspaces, things especially like tab stacks, it just doesn't have those. And while you can emulate workspaces pretty good, you can't get to the tab stacks like Vivaldi does at least as far as I'm aware and I've tried. So I have that experience where I'll switch to Firefox and it's just not quite the way that I want it to be. So I end up going back to Vivaldi fixing it or whatever. And people think I'm absolutely freaking insane because I keep going to this cycle of Vivaldi breaking using Firefox going back to Vivaldi after it's fixed and all that stuff because Vivaldi is my home browser. It's the one that I want to use very, very much, but it's buggy. So I I think my solution here is just to stop tooting about it on Macedon every time it breaks because people just know that it's going to break and I'm just and I need to know just realize that Vivaldi is where I'm going to be. I just need to go fix it if I can and carry on with my day instead of thinking that I'm going to switch to Firefox and be happy, which will never happen, unfortunately, unless Mozilla actually invest some time in innovating on Firefox. So we'll see if that ever happens. I personally doubt it. They're too much too busy paying their CEO's exorbitant amount of the money. So that's neither here nor there. Anyways, that's it for this video. Very, very rambly, but I think that it was good for me to sit here and explain why I am the way that I am when it comes to switching to these things. And I think that if anything, it has allowed me to just kind of get all this stuff out there so people know, you know, exactly why I am the way that I'm so that's it for this video. If you have any thoughts or comments on any of this nonsense, you can leave those in the comment section below. You can follow me on Mass and on Odyssey. Those links will be in the description. You can support me on patreon.patreon.com slash the Linux cast. You can also head on over to the store, which is available at shop that the links cast at or there will find hoodies and hats and desk mats and magnets and all sorts of stuff. All the proceeds for that go directly to help the channel and helping me make more Linux content for you guys. So thank you so very much. If you've done that, thank you so much for doing that if you plan to in the future. So thank you so very much for that. How many times can I say thank you? Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thanks everybody for watching. Thanks, everybody. I messed up the ending again. Why do I ever do? Thanks, everybody who does support me on Patreon and YouTube, you guys are all absolutely amazing. It's like I've never made a video before. Every time I get to the ending, I just completely just eff it up. Anyways, thanks to everybody who does support me on Patreon and YouTube because you're all absolutely amazing without you, the channel just wouldn't be anywhere near where it is right now. It's the funny thing is I say the exact words every time and I still eff it up. Thanks everybody for watching. I'll see you next time.


On the first link.  Yep, and you know, I don't even know how to introduce her like she does so many things She she volunteers a lot. She does a lot of volunteer work. She is a creative She's a paintbrush artist. She's I don't know. She's so many things But I'm gonna let her introduce herself to miss many times. I'm touching knife. What's up? Hi feeling Um, so my name is Nithi. Yeah, I'm an artist for this moment. I don't know what start with but I'm an artist artist I also In from Monday to Friday, I'm on mark. I'm a marketer. I grew up 25 And I'm on five from five to ten or five to eleven. I'm an artist and I also as she said I love volunteering much And yeah, that's basically for today. That's good. Just for today. That's it. That kind of it for this show for now So, um, mostly we're here not as a marketer. I just here as an artist So that's gonna do for ours.  She did that You know and last year at heavy and the best of what she came through for people and she did a lot of makeup for all the guys Are there what that was amazing? So I would like to know how you got into that because I used to we had we had Um, what is it called? Um a YouTube channel together? All of a sudden she's now this big time of paint artists. I don't know how that happened So tell us about that. Okay, so As Philly mentioned so how I met Philly it was through that YouTube channel, but then I just came out as an artist Like I think two years ago 20 20 20 20 18 years 2018 after school Then there's this break of what exactly is going on between school machine getting work between getting relevant in this street So I said it going back to my skill. That's it. I used to paint from high school Even when I met Philly nice to paint but didn't just talk about it Oh, like I used to hide my work Finally, I'll say coming out like an artist. Oh, yeah, I'm bringing all my stuff So it's been on for I think two years now. Yeah, two years is the second year Yeah, then by the time we did have in the base last year I'd actually did a few gigs of face painting on Those that never be carnival and then you also had the mental health for last year Yes a series of events before and that was one of the ones that almost closed my year. Oh, right Yeah, that was a end of last year and then 20 20 Today you are supposed to have an event like don't give us the details But how do you get such an event because um, you're supposed to hang out with that to do Chicky Chicky Kruga, right and those are like People some people can't even meet so how do you get such gigs? Do they contact you? Are you like selling your work to them? Do you DM them? How does that work? Yeah, so I bought cheekies event. I don't talk about it much because I'm not there right now And also because I don't think you really have the rest Yeah Get it know these people in different spaces. I met Lillian. I think 2017 or 18 not sure so Lillian is the manager for cheeky Then so whenever they have events she calls me. It's like more of knowing people you give I know how networking works Today I come through for instant come through for me.  But it gets up on the hdm people when you really want something up to go for it You know sometimes you DM them and ask them if they'd want to they look at your portfolio You get a couple of no, and maybe one drop of yes that one yes That one is they loot all the nose then is all the nose and then it kind of just makes sense It just picks its own way slowly because I just not like face art because I sort of abstract art that's for houses or causes that's for Thematic artworks. I think Like two or three months ago. It was something called artists against hunger It was by Sophie some other artists, and they were trying we're trying to raise money to support children's home You know how covid has been for people Especially children's home who they survive on charity. Yeah, so having that social income really gone down so artists came together to Sell their artworks and a percentage goes to the children's home. Oh, nice. So cool by the way Super super cool, and we have some of your work. I think on Instagram So we went to have a look at that as you tell us about it. So what inspired that? What is that all about that piece? If you see this series, there's this year. I call Nietzsche and new a series They are like a six-part. I like sit on screen. Oh my god It's a whole niche and new a series is like my other than afro come the jelly have this hand That was the time for black lives matter and that emoji Okay So I had this six series six pieces maybe because it goes on screen right now I might probably talk about it So if you look at it, you can see they come if you look at the whole series you understand They how they come come through but this one I think the light because like how much the light is on the outside But then it comes back To the inside so the whole story behind is how much you can stay yourself closed-minded But then because there's a revolution all thing going around just can't avoid it you find yourself Thank you into the whole revolution. So it's just about this one's just about like stick for stick to your guns You know what you believe in it doesn't have to make sense right now It makes sense to many people it it shines a lot the dark areas as well Don't and then we have another piece right there. What is that all about the one? Man on Instagram just a random That's very nice pictures. We're just so one. We had a very nice color chat nothing much about it All right, let's have the next one up so that you can tell us more about how it works Yeah All right, so let's do this. Um We're just coming back in a few she's gonna be telling us more about the pieces she had But I feel like we've been talking for a minute. Nisi is still gonna be here We're gonna go straight to DJ Hugh's girls Hey All right, thank you so much for seeing me as you're watching rock to what live right here on a white if I food TV the Hashtag is that rock to what to pay for my name is feeling I feel in tune across all socials What is it right here goes by the name Hugh's girls and of course we have a guest in studio We're talking to her honey miss missy amala now. We're talking about some of your pieces some of your walk You have right here. Just telling us about that so How do you even get inspired like I don't know different pieces Like the last photo before you this photo looks nothing like the other one So how do you even get inspired like you're like, I like this photo. Maybe I should paint this So how do how do you do that? It's a good question. Yeah. Yeah, so most of them come from personal experiences a whole Johnny when I feel like most of my paintings comes from emotional point of view like what am I feeling right now? And that's how I put it on paint on paint. That's why if you see that previous series the one that had a kichana I'm it's a whole journey of like Coming together with that movement. I think everything fit in at the right time and sometimes it's up of like Natural like when you go out you see nice pictures I also like taking photos of random things and also good photography like people take good photos Just like I appreciate this person's art or like good music videos You see like we did that feel like someone really took some time to create like the whole setting the styling is all on point They've come so inspirational to like creating your next piece of art. Oh, nice Now we can have the next picture at this one right here. Tell what is happening here? What's going on? It seems It is one candy. It's a little thing. It looks like this round candy. Hey. Yeah, it's your Halloween candy everyone So yeah, this one um, this is this was from there. You see that thing that's put under the cake I don't know what it's called when you take it The one that you get the bottom. Yeah, the cake sits on. Yes. Yeah, we did this is called like it's like some Drip art so just trying to put things together see just create a cute thing to stick on my wall Oh, it was from a birthday cake, so that's remember something I was giving myself a gift Nice Let's have the next piece and have a look at that one. I don't know if you have the Can't wait to be surprised on what comes up next Yes Yes, I don't know What's going on? Again, you still see the whole thing here. Oh, yeah Are they tall? Yes, then black legs matter string it down with the pair or like a guitar string to the pair Mm-hmm, and you can see the feminine bit of it as well. Yeah, so it's a whole combination of different things together to still Actively black lives matter and the role of feminine feminine people in this space and shouting it out Okay, and pairs of sweets. Hey, I'm telling you like creative. It's just like so deep like Oh, I know what this one means they have to explain it to you Is that a gas mask or what's happening? Tell us about that. Yes same one same from the series. You still see that China yeah, this is like China and this time the little pieces are magazine pieces and About this is most about being informed before you start before you start being a Nazi for example Yeah, take some time to read and You see here the tech part of it so last year I think 2018 did a TEDx talk and our visual or someone looked like this So this time I was thinking about you want to do another TEDx talk it was all in our mind then I was like that visual is so pretty but the same was doing this China series and The whole story about this basically noted comes about ideas that matter. Yeah, talk about things that matter So before you start becoming the face of feminism the face of Children's rights be informed so that's because you're an activist you have a voice Yeah, it's like your research. Yes. All right. Cool. Let's have the next piece up Those are three pieces I think What's happening, I'm so excited you guys like the first time I'm seeing these things again Sorry, this big one. Yeah, so this one was for an exhibition called Covid yeah, so it's like telling the stories of Covid if this one's still up for sale, by the way So there's a face of a woman. We should have had a clear picture of it You can check my pages. I'll upload a clear picture of it Then I'll just read back and see what's about so if you look at this face half of it is happy Half of it is sad. Can you see it? Yeah, sure. So at this time, it was enough time to get used to wearing masks, for example Yeah, and she's not wearing her mask properly. She's not wearing her mask Why because she needs to have the mask on so guys are having their masks on but they're still not putting it the right way Yeah, part of it I have to put it on to protect my family part of it really first of all it beats the whole point of makeup I can't put this good lipstick and hide it in a mask, but it's okay Then the second part of it is just how much like you still have to put even however However, hurting it is or how it is to breathe it in those things you need to put it for your fun food that you care about in Everyone so the beauty of still having your mask on yeah, but put it on correctly the mask is down so you can show the emotion Oh, you can check my pages. I think I have a clear picture of it there Or I can redo our post specifically for this. All right, and I'll maybe you can just do the two of them And then you move on to the next one. Yeah, yeah, maybe that one. It's just a cute thing for a house Like the color combination inspiration behind there's nothing deep about it Do you have like a lot of exhibitions or how do you get to sell your art? It's a very good question Yeah, so as I say initially my networking is what brings me more of this most of these things together Yeah, so there are different communities of artists some are signed up to studios some are independent where I fall Is very independent first of course of my level of commitment So how I do is I get in touch with people in those Exhibition spaces I pitch sometimes they say yes sometimes they don't and sometimes you see call for Exhibitions you submit a piece of work might say yes It's just more trial and error But then also referrals will work very very well because someone buys from you today The next time send someone to come to you right or like specific commissioned works that are barely posted Yeah, no, I think this is gonna be the last one. We're gonna be talking about for today Oh, maybe yeah, no until us about this Yeah, we see the blue waves of the the fire and the Soft-sport white meat now. This was still most of these pieces actually if you check my work I came back to my art space over this from much when COVID started because I was literally stuck in being with myself I couldn't like run away from Solitude so being alone. Yeah. Yeah, yes So this one is over the beauty of it and the war parts of it coming all together creating that soft spot for someone to just sit Don't introspect by themselves. Cool. And then we have this is the second last one. We have the last piece this one and Police brutality Kenya that I'm doing killing people Oh, oh, what's her name? Baby, I seen oh That's the one in my diary. Yeah, it was the time that the summer It wasn't necessary that that was a necessary Then we say justice we are shielded defender, but no one's ever gonna use that to take care of Kenyans, you know So why are we going against all this? So the silver lining is our phones? That's all we had that time It made some sense even if we didn't mean like you're not fighting a tree, but at least we have that Online. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. I like that. All right So as we wind up, I want to know like if anyone wants to purchase any of your pieces How do they go about it and how much what's the highest amount you've ever tried and what's the least amount? For the sake of my manager. Yeah, I don't quote prices. Yeah, but we always talk So what you can do just reach out to me. Which one is my camera this one? Yeah, reach out to me on Instagram nissy underscore Mala or write me an email or nissy at amalats.org Just write to me and you'll have a conversation. Oh, cool. So I think um, I Maybe oh when I'm going to social media, but you haven't actually told them your socials. So where do they find you? Yes, of course Instagram mostly Twitter and Instagram and Twitter Facebook you can try but but I'm not really By all is checking once in a while. So Instagram and of Instagram each day. They're all nissy underscore Mala. Yeah, all right That's amazing. So last remarks. Do you have anything you want to say any special shout out? Maybe inspiration to people who want to be artists like you as well first of all Stick to the journey whatever it is sticks your vision get to know where exactly where exactly doing what you're doing keep on doing it and then If you feel like you have that small bit of thing in you that you feel is a talent or something can change someone's life acts on it There's never the right time to do something and it's all a journey. Okay. Yes, and shout out to who of course my partner Betty Wanja of Naxi glass. This is hard piece. Please make this nice. She does very nice jewelry She always makes me look cute and gives me opportunities. I really appreciate you for coming through all the time Awesome. Nissy amala on Instagram and to that guys. Make sure you do follow her We're still here. They sure you still on we have a kevin toys coming up next But rocktorch. If I fall is where you find us on Facebook as white if I fall so he does up Let us know where you're watching us from and you're gonna be signing some love your way I'm on James. You make one. I see you. All right. Now it's time for


Studying Romeo and Juliet? Let's look at key quotes relating to the character of Friar Lawrence. In Act 2 scene 3 Friar Lawrence has really shocked that Romeo not only has he changed his feelings for Rosaline but he actually now wants to marry Juliet. He says Holy Saint Francis what changes him? Now this exclamatory sentence shows that he's a little bit critical of how Romeo is so quick to move on from love. He asks is Romeo's love for Rosaline so soon forsaken? Young men's love then lies, not truly with the hearts put in their eyes, basically showing how shallow Romeo is. The siblings in So Soon shows that Friar Lawrence is even doubtful if Romeo's love for Juliet will last. Also the ramen couplet Lies in Eyes show that Friar Lawrence doesn't really believe Romeo is truly in love maybe he's just in lust. He says the son not yet dies sighs from heaven clears. Basically it's not that long ago that you're crying about Rosaline. This is hyperbole showing that Friar Lawrence thinks Romeo falls in love too quickly. He asks an art thou changed? Now this rhetorical question basically shows that Friar Lawrence is maybe a little bit reluctant to get him and Juliet married because he thinks that perhaps his love might not last that long.


It is now time for Question Period, the leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Apprenticeship. Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Premier. I'll save the government the trouble of touting the $1.8 billion they state the Hydro-1 sale IPO made. Private investors jumped at this hot stock because it was a fire sale. You wouldn't see people rushing to buy the stock unless they thought they were getting a steal. A steal that will be on the backs of Ontario's families who can barely afford their energy bills as it is. The fire sale isn't going to pay for infrastructure. The infrastructure of $130 billion was already funded in 2014. It's all spin. Distract the public by saying it's for infrastructure. In reality, it's to pay for scandal and waste. So Mr. Speaker, my question for the Premier is which one of your scandals is this fire sale intended to pay for? Well, my understanding is that the leader of the opposition didn't think we were going to be able to realize the amount of money we need for infrastructure now. There's too much money coming in. So, Mr. Speaker, let me just say that we are very pleased that there was a successful IPO for Hydro-1 that's generated almost $3 billion so far from that IPO, Mr. Speaker. That's a very good thing. I'm pleased to see that the IPO was well received by markets and it was well received, Mr. Speaker, because people see the value of the company, Mr. Speaker. What we know is that the benefits from this process will be many for the people of Ontario. The motivation, as the leader of the opposition knows quite well, is that we need to invest in infrastructure in this province if we are going to be globally competitive. There is no question about that, Mr. Speaker. And I will tell you, having been in China talking to companies and officials across the country, Mr. Speaker, I'm even more convinced that we need those investments. I find both sides disruptive enough so that I'll try to get two questions and answers properly supplementary. Mr. Speaker, again to the Premier, broadening ownership, leveraging assets, necessary investments, these are all buzzwords that Liberal ministers have been reading from their talking points. Let's call a spade a spade. It's a wrong-headed, desperate fire sale. What the people of Ontario really want is the government to protect an asset for future generations that has built this great province since 1908. People are tired of playing the government's shell games. That only helps the government's books look better for two years. The government should look beyond the next election and listen to the financial accountability officer. Former Premier Ernie Eves looked at this and walked it away, realizing it hurt the province's long-term future. Mr. Speaker, will the Premier do the right thing, walk away, and protect this important asset for Ontario? Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Well, if we're going to go back to the previous government's record, we'll start with the 407, Mr. Speaker. That's where we'll start, because that was the fire sale of all fire sales, Mr. Speaker. And we learned from all the mistakes that were made by that government, Mr. Speaker. So I talked about the investments in infrastructure that are critical. Let me talk about some of the other benefits that will flow from this, Mr. Speaker. What this will do is it will allow for increased investments in those infrastructure initiatives without further raising taxes, without increasing debt, Mr. Speaker, or without recklessly cutting public services. This will be a better-run company, Mr. Speaker. And we haven't talked, I think, enough about that. The fact is that Hydro-1 needs to be an improved company, Mr. Speaker. There are many, many changes that need to take place in that company. That will happen with stronger management, Mr. Speaker, and with the company committed to customer service and performance. Thank you. I will finish in the third. Thank you. Final supplementary. Mr. Speaker, again to the Premier, you need to get out of the Queens Park bubble and listen to what Ontarians are saying on the weekend. Apart working Ontarians about the fire sale. Oh, I've got a quip for you, but I'm just going to pass. Finish, please. Mr. Speaker, this isn't a joke. I was at a rally in Mississauga on the weekend and thousands of residents were concerned about this fire sale. Rallys like this are springing up all over Ontario. Leadership is understanding if you've made a mistake to correct course, not proceed stubbornly, despite evidence suggesting it's wrong. Why does this government have a financial accountability officer if you're not going to listen? Why do you say you value municipalities if you don't take note of their resolutions? The government has sold 15%. You still have time to do the right thing. You still have time to keep majority. Will you do the right thing? Thank you. So, Mr. Speaker, let me just talk about outside the Queens Park bubble. Outside the Queens Park bubble, where I have been for a number of days, Mr. Speaker, people are looking at us and saying, are you going to build infrastructure if I bring my company from China to Ontario? The member from Dufferin, Caledon, and the member from Leeds, Grenville come to order. The member from Prince Edward Hastings come to order. Government House Leader come to order. Member from Renfrew, come to order. Carry on. When I talk to companies in China who want to expand or bring business into Ontario, Mr. Speaker, they want to know that they're going to be able to move their goods across the Greater Toronto-Hamilton area. They want to know, Mr. Speaker, that we are committed to making the investments that are going to allow them to thrive. So that's what's going on outside the Queens Park bubble, Mr. Speaker. The reality is that if we are going to compete in a global economy, if we are going to be able to compete with jurisdictions that are investing in infrastructure that are building, Mr. Speaker, then we have to do the same. That's why we made this decision, Mr. Speaker. New question. The leader of the opposition. Mr. Speaker, again to the Premier. The Hydro One fire sale is causing Ontarioans to be concerned for a number of reasons. One of those is these gold-plated paychecks handed out to the Hydro One executive still don't make sense. I've tried asking about this before Mr. Speaker. Last year, the 61 highest-paid CEOs and presidents in the province made a combined $24 million. That's how much the Liberals are giving just the top four people at Hydro One. The compensation doesn't make sense. And people in Ontario want an explanation. Mr. Speaker, will the Premier take responsibility to rein in this executive compensation that doesn't make sense to anyone in Ontario? Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So Mr. Speaker of the opposition is having these conversations with people in Ontario. He's talking to them about a number of other things. I hope he's also talking to them about the infrastructure investments that their municipalities are looking for. That's the first thing. I hope he's also talking about the fact that Ontario remains will be the largest single shareholder in Hydro One, Mr. Speaker, with 40% of the company, Mr. Speaker. And so taxpayers will benefit from an improved company. I hope that he makes it clear to the people of Ontario that that improved company, that stronger management, that focus on performance, that a company that will grow and will be a better company will actually benefit the people of Ontario. I hope he knows those realities, those facts as he has a conversation with the people of Ontario. Mr. Speaker, again to the Premier, and in terms of this being for infrastructure your infrastructure budget hasn't changed. It's still $130 billion. It's not about infrastructure. The CEO of Cancer Care Ontario makes just over $500,000. The Royal Conservatory of Music $450,000 for their CEO. Colleges of Ontario and the Canadian National Institute of the Blind their CEOs make $330,000.  It doesn't add up. Mr. Speaker, why does the Premier believe Hydro One executives deserve so much more than these other organizations that are doing so much to create prosperity in Ontario? Thank you Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the question from the opposition isn't sincere. Only because they themselves have for long tried to propose the dismantling of Hydro, Ontario Hydro to what it became. We have now taken the necessary steps to secure the value of Hydro One, a component of that overall conglomerate that they destroyed. We have now done the necessary steps to provide value. We have now done the first IPO which has generated a net of $3 billion for the people of Ontario. Its valuation has now improved as a result. We've taken that money investing into the province by creating new assets. Unlike the member opposite that wants to recklessly sell everything off 100% or provide massive assets across Ontario. We're not doing that. We must have a much better run company as a result of the action that we've taken. Final supplementary. Mr. Speaker, again to the Premier a $4 million salary. The government knows how much money other provincial Hydro executives make. They know how much more money chief executives in this province make. They know Ontario Hydro rates are among the highest in North America. The government knows. They've been getting calls at their constituency offices just like everyone the legislature has. Ontarians shouldn't be put in a position to choose between heating their home and paying their energy bills. Yet the Premier continues to dance around justifying these gold plated paychecks to Hydro One executives. Mr. Speaker, I've asked numerous times. Does the Premier think it's appropriate to pay the Hydro One CEO $4 million? And if you can't justify it can any one of your ministers justify it? Thank you. The question is was it appropriate for us to restructure Hydro One? Was it effective for us to take the necessary steps to increase its value? Absolutely. Is it effective that we reinvest those net gains $3 billion in net gains from this first trot into our into our economy? Absolutely. The member opposite knows that. The member opposite couldn't do that. In fact, what they're suggesting We have definitely put new leadership at Hydro One. We have taken the necessary steps to provide a new board and a new executive and as a result we've increased its valuation and improved the values that Ontarians still have, which is 84% of Hydro One. That company is worth more today than it was last week because of the steps we've taken and we'll continue to provide greater value as we reinvest those funds. Thank you. My question is for the Premier. Ed Clark told the Premier to sell off Hydro One. Even though 185 municipalities want to keep Hydro Public businesses are worried about rates. First Nations weren't consulted and 8 in 10 families want to keep Hydro One Public. The Premier is selling off Hydro One. She's listening to her unelected banker instead of Ontario families. Last week, Ed Clark talked hospitals, universities and colleges and said he wanted to quote link them more closely to the private sector and turn them into exporters. Can the Premier tell Ontarians is this liberal code for saying she's going to be privatizing and selling off health and education services in Ontario? It's quite clear that the leader of the third party and quite frankly the leader of the opposition are not interested in the investments in infrastructure that we know we need to make. They've been quite clear about that. The leader of the third party I think has issues with creating partnerships outside of our borders because that's really what Ed Clark was talking about. I would say to the leader of the third party, we have developed huge expertise in health and education within Ontario as the member knows I was recently in China, I just got back and I want to talk to her about two examples of how we can use that expertise to create partnerships that can benefit people within Ontario and outside of Ontario. I'll give her those examples in my supplementary. Ontarians expect their Premier to set priorities and show judgment. The Premier wasn't elected on a plan to sell Hydro One and here we are. She's putting Mike Harris to shame with her Hydro One sell off and the same unelected banker who wrote the plan to sell Hydro One has now been given carte blanche by this Premier. The Premier can't seem to say no to her unelected banker and he has opened the door now to privatisation in our public hospitals. Hospitals that have already suffered years of cuts and bed closures under this Liberal government. Will this Premier tell Ed Clark to back off our universal public healthcare system? So let's be clear Mr Speaker. The leader of the third party is saying she stands in opposition to partnerships with entities outside of Ontario in the education and health sector. So Mr Speaker she would stand in opposition to the two agreements that I'm going to talk about now. These are agreements Mr Speaker make note that create jobs that actually spur investment and they foster innovation in our province. The first one is between TV Ontario and CBS Consulting Inc of Markham. They're entering into an agreement to provide English language high school courses to Chinese students. That's an investment of $250,000 which will create four jobs. It's a small agreement Mr Speaker but it takes expertise that has been developed here and allows people outside of Ontario to benefit. The second one is an agreement between Sick Kids University and I'll go into the details in the supplement. Mr Speaker earlier this month the Minister of Health gave a speech that mentioned transformation no less than 18 times. Now Ontarians are learning that the man who's driving those changes will be the same un-elected banker that was behind the sell-off of Hydro One. Ed Clark says we need to link our hospitals more closely to the private sector and turn them into exporters. Why is this premier opening the door to privatization in health care? Thank you. Let me again I will just talk about this agreement between Sick Kids and Children's Hospital of Food and University because this is what we're talking about this memorandum of understanding will initiate a multi-year partnership to support neonatology through first advisory services to support the design quality improvement and workflow of a new CHFU neonatal tower secondly the development of education and training programs for physicians, nurses and management to be delivered in both China and Canada and thirdly the possible coordination of joint academic conferences and joint research projects. Mr Speaker this will save Chinese babies lives this will make the quality of professionals and institutions should be providing health care to the people of privatization Mr Speaker I have a very basic question for this premier. Will the premier rule out the selling off of more revenue generating assets here in Ontario? Thank you Innovation in our capacity in Ontario is that of course it is first and foremost to benefit the people of this province but Mr Speaker we live Mr Speaker I just came back from Beijing with our Minister of Economic Development and the Minister of International Trade and in Beijing it is very hard to breathe Mr Speaker the air is so polluted that it's clear that there needs to be a change in those cities the government officials know it Mr Speaker well I can tell you we have technology here in Ontario that we can bring to the world that we can share Mr Speaker innovation that can benefit the people who live in those cities Mr Speaker surely the leader of the third party thinks that that's a good thing for us Mr Speaker Mr Speaker please Mr Speaker Mr Speaker I have asked the premier about her intentions to sell off more revenue generating assets I don't think she heard me the Minister of Finance has refused to rule out selling off more revenue generating assets the President of Treasury Board has refused to rule out selling off more revenue generating assets my finance critic has written to the minister and has had no response speaker now I have written to the premier the premier can clear this up speaker with the one word simple answer will the premier talentarians whether or not more revenue generating assets are going on the auction block Mr Speaker Mr Speaker the leader of the third party knows that what we intended to do was written in our budget we talked about real estate assets Mr Speaker we said that we were going to ask Ed Clark to look at the assets owned by the people of Ontario he has done that Mr Speaker he has given us advice will we continue to work to share our technology and our expertise whether it's in education whether it's in clean tech whether it's in health care will we work to continue to share that with the world will we develop partnerships and will we help companies in Ontario to expand and export across the world whether it's an agri-food or whether it's an energy yes Mr Speaker we will do that because the expertise that has grown here in Ontario is second to none we're proud of it we are going to shock it to the world Mr Speaker so that we can improve the lives of not just people in Ontario but people around the world final supplement this Liberal government has no mandate to sell off hydro one no mandate whatsoever they did not no matter what this Premier says they did not tell Ontarians that that was their intention during the last election campaign now they're leaving the door open to selling off even more to every Ontarian you deserve a government a government that is honest with you about what their intentions are will this Premier do the right thing be honest with the people of Ontario and tell them here and now in this legislature which revenue generating assets are on the auction block now Mr Speaker it was so clear in our budget that even the leader of the third party got it here's what she said just days after the last election and I quote the budget says in black and white that the government is looking at the sale of assets including crown corporations such as Ontario power generation hydro one and the liquor control board of Ontario that's what the leader of the third party said Mr Speaker it was clear that we were looking at assets and leveraging those assets in order to be able to invest in the infrastructure we need for the 21st century now Mr Speaker the leader of the third party can look right in the camera and she can talk solely about hydro one what she's not talking about is that in those same municipalities in every one of those communities there are needs there are needs for roads there are needs for bridges there are needs for upgraded water systems there's needs for transit she's not talking about that Mr Speaker because she has no way of funding that investment we are building on can you say that please new question the member from Chatham can ask thank you very much Mr Speaker my question is to the minister community safety and correctional services after serious questions were raised about the safety of the provinces new Toronto south detention center a memo on confidentiality was issued to all staff from the facilities director advising staff to keep quiet for possibly risk losing their jobs the memo warns that the disclosure of any information may and I quote damage the reputation of the ministry unquote it's clear that the government is more concerned with protecting its image than protecting correctional officers and inmates this memo is an insult to the men and women who risk their lives day in and day out in dangerous conditions they have tried to go through the proper channels and were ignored when they spoke out to an opposition critic the government tried to silence them why is the minister trying to muzzle correctional officers who are only speaking out to protect public safety thank you minister well thank you very much speaker speaker we very much cherish and appreciate the work that our correctional officers and probation and parole officers do in our institutions and across an Ontario every single day speaker their health and safety is a number one priority for myself and our ministry and we're working along with them speaker and I invite the member opposite from both parties to work with us as we transform our correctional system to ensure that we really focus on individuals and we break the cycle of of criminality and speaker Toronto south detention centre plays a very important role as a newer institution in that transformation because it contains innovative programming speaker and healthcare services that improves our capability to rehabilitate offenders to make sure that they are better reintegrated in the community and look forward to speaking to some of those unique features more in the supplementary thank you thank you speaker back to the minister we may know why the ministry wants to strong arm its correctional officers into staying quiet just over a week ago five scathing reports were released about detention centres across the province the findings range from concerning to horrific the common issues where a chronic amount of under staffing which in turn led to an overuse of lockdowns which is inhumane as inmates more hostile leading to more staffing challenges and more lockdowns the troubling reports were given to the government in March but publicly released Mr. Speaker in November so Mr. Speaker what steps has the minister taken in those months to address the crisis in corrections what officers spoke about the reports that we made available to public that was developed by the community advisory boards this government under the previous ministers leadership the current attorney general that we created those community advisory boards so that we can create a link between our communities and our institutions and then we gave those members of community advisory boards access to our institutions so they can give us community's perspective as to how we can improve the conditions in our detention centres and transform those detention centres that is why our government took the stab of making those reports available publicly so that there is more guidance for us to work together in transforming our system it shows our commitment and devotion to ensure that our correctional system is not just a warehousing model of incarceration but actually focuses on individuals so that they can better rehabilitate and reintegrate in our community because we all succeed when those inmates are properly reintegrated thank you speaker my question to the premier on thursday the government issued a press release saying it was getting 2.2 billion from the hydro one sale in a special tax benefit but during estimates I asked about that 2.2 billion and senior public servants said the 2.2 billion isn't cash it's not money that can be spent it's just an accounting entry can the premier explain how how she can spend 2.2 billion on subways when that 2.2 billion isn't in anyone's bank account and doesn't exist as cash thank you thank you Mr. Speaker the member opposite references the fur tax benefit that is accrued to the province in this first 50% share of the Toronto the IPO of which is going to be dedicated to the Trillium Trust a billion dollar dividend was also established just prior to the IPO again also going to the Trillium Trust all of which is being used to support the renovations and the investments that we're making in infrastructure Mr. Speaker thank you supplementary I take non-answer as acknowledgement that there isn't real cash the Hydro 1 sale gets worse every time you look at it Ontarians are losing control of an important asset the non-partisan financial accountability officer says the deal will leave Ontario worse off than it is today we always said that the premiers Hydro 1 sell off with smoke and mirrors what we didn't recognize didn't know was how much smoke would be generated because now they're counting cash that doesn't exist will the premier admit that the 2.2 billion where government claim would go to transit doesn't actually exist as cash and explain how much of the transit plan is based on this kind of bad math Mr. Speaker the net result of Hydro 1 activity is actually a consolidated number that comes into the treasury of which 2.2 billion dollars now is being allocated for deferred tax benefit and it's being reinvested and dedicated to the children trust as well Mr. Speaker an additional billion dollars is being used to pay down debt which is why we're doing the transaction to not only have capital gains to be reinvested into new products new assets but it's also to pay down substantive debt which is in this case a billion dollars with this transaction so Mr. Speaker it is enabling us to increase evaluation of Hydro 1 now to have a much better more efficient, invigorated operation which provides greater value to the shareholders of which is the Ontario public Mr. Speaker and that will enable us now to continue fostering greater returns and being reinvested the FAO noted that very issue and noted that he was not evaluating the after all New question from Newmarket Aurora Well thank you Mr. Speaker Minister of Finance Minister I know our government has made strides in our plan to build Ontario up in my writing of Newmarket Aurora my constituents have noticed our government's progress in fact earlier today I was at the premier a cookie manufacturer in Ontario cookie it up to make an announcement or to help with an announcement about growth there we've made progress in creating an innovative and dynamic business environment building modern public infrastructure such as roads investing in the people of Ontario in their skills and talents and finally we've taken leadership in strengthening retirement income security the minister's last update was in the 2015 budget which was tabled in the spring of last year Mr. Speaker can the minister of finance tell this house when he will be providing us with the latest update on our provinces progress Thank you Mr. Speaker and I would like to thank the member from Newmarket Aurora for the question and as the member said our government prepared and delivered details in the 2015 budget to achieve a strong economic and fiscal plan and I'm happy to announce today that we will provide an update to this plan it will take place on Thursday November 26th in this very house when we table the 2015 fall economic statement the 2015 fall economic statement will not only provide an update on the economic and fiscal situation of the province but we will also report back on the progress we've made toward ensuring greater prosperity for all Ontarians and I'd like to thank the member for the question and I look forward to table the 2015 fall economic statement on November 26th Mr. Speaker Well thank you Mr. Speaker I'd like to thank the minister for that answer I know I'm speaking on behalf of members when I say we're very excited to hear the progress our government has made on our plans to improve everyday lives of Ontarians and I know the fall economic statement generally provides an update on the province's finances however I understand that this statement in particular will be focused on our progress Mr. Speaker could the minister please provide further details of what we can expect to hear about hear about in the fall economic statement Thank you minister Thank you Mr. Speaker again I'd like to thank the member for the question the fall economic statement will provide on the progress of our plan including fostering an innovative business climate strengthening income security building critical public infrastructure and more importantly Mr. Speaker providing investments made to the people of Ontario Ontarians talents and skills this is a time of fundamental change and our government is not only embracing that change we're driving it and the fall economic statement presented November 26th will provide an opportunity to report back on the actions that we've taken and where we will continue to achieve and go for more success for the great people of our great province Mr. Speaker Well Mr. Speaker my question this morning is to the Premier as the Premier knows over half a million people in the province of Ontario are currently unemployed and looking for work this government's high tax and high debt policies are literally chasing jobs out of Ontario two weeks ago I wrote to urge the Premier to join the Minister of the Environment and affirm her support for the proposed Billy Bishop runway extension Mr. Speaker why hasn't the Premier responded to my letter and more importantly why hasn't she stood up for the 2,000 well-paying jobs that this important proposal would create Minister of Transportation Minister of Transportation Thanks very much Speaker of course I thank the member opposite for this question I think that he would know however in this House would know that the matter that's being discussed in the question is actually an issue that's the responsibility to work through or work out between the federal government the City of Toronto and the Toronto Port Authority Speaker but of course this gives me a wonderful opportunity to talk about how important it is that our government continue to proceed with our very ambitious plan to not only build the province up but to support the City of Toronto Speaker since 2003 Speaker has invested billions of dollars in crucial infrastructure to support the City of Toronto Speaker we have a number of projects that this member I believe would know are currently underway for example Speaker the Eglinton Crosstown LRT just a few weeks ago we awarded a 30-year contract to Crosslinks Transit Solutions Speaker to build that transformational transit project Thank you Supplementary Well thank you Speaker Premier In 2013 the Minister of Transportation at that time the Honourable Glenn Murray said and I quote I don't think we ever want to forget what an important economic asset that is and how important that airline is to growing jobs in central Toronto and support for our film and banking industries and that the airport is critical to our economy and it's been a positive addition to the economy Mr. Speaker the proposal to extend the runway well paying jobs in over $250 million in annual economic impact these jobs would help support the Bombardier Downsview Plan in Toronto which recently announced layoffs of 500 people Speaker the Premier is failing Ontario's workers by not advocating for this important project but there is still time we need a willing federal partner Will the Premier commit today to calling her friend Prime Minister Trudeau and urging him to support this important proposal Thank you obviously quite ironic that this member from that particular party would talk about having willing federal partners it's also interesting to me it's also interesting to me that that member from that caucus talks about 2012 or 2013 in my time in this legislature since 2012 year after year and before that point in time members in that caucus from that party have consistently voted against budgets from this government speaker that included funding to support all of the great things that member is talking about with respect to infrastructure with respect to creating a job speaker and I can't understand why that member would stand and ask this question when they voted against the Eglinton Crosstown LRT they voted against funding for Go RER they voted against funding for the Union Pearson Express they voted against funding for Toronto's again the irony is a little bit thick in here today but the people of this province in the city understand exactly where this Premier and our government stand Thanks very much Thank you Mr. Speaker my question is to the Premier in 2009 and 2010 the government including the current Premier voted to support the first two of my five bills to allow municipalities to pass inclusionary zoning bylaws and yet when the government released a long term affordable housing strategy in late 2010 inclusionary zoning was nowhere to be found last year the government voted to support a bill by the Liberal member from Etobicoke Lakeshore which also would allow for inclusionary zoning as yet when the government tabled Bill 73 to amend the planning act again inclusionary zoning was nowhere to be found after six years why hasn't the Premier followed through on her government's repeated pledges to support inclusionary zoning Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Mr. Speaker I want to begin by thanking the member from Parkview High Park Parkdale High Park she's been a relentless advocate on a number of files related to social housing and inclusive zoning I've had several conversations good conversations with her as well as the member from Etobicoke Lakeshore on inclusive zoning and I just want the member opposite to know that we believe it's important that we have a strong housing platform we're working on it we're doing a long term housing strategy and should we provide to employ inclusive zoning and we're looking at it very seriously as the member knows it would be part of that strategy thank you again to the Premier three times over the last six years the Liberal government has voted in this house in support of inclusionary zoning the chief city planner of Toronto says Toronto would have an extra 12,000 affordable housing units today had been allowed to pass an inclusionary zoning bylaw five years ago instead the wait list for affordable housing is now at a record high with over 168,000 Ontario households this is a crisis how much longer will the Premier force Ontarians to wait before she finally honours her government's repeated pledges to support inclusionary zoning well I suspect Mr. Speaker not much longer let me just let me just say Mr. Speaker that we continue to meet with municipalities primary stakeholders who have a number of issues and concerns which we're walking through and also other stakeholders because if you want to do something like this particularly if the goal is that house people need housing you want to do it right so should we do it and I anticipate knowing that we're looking at it very carefully and strategically if and when we do it we'll do it right thank you the member from thank you Mr. Speaker my question is for the Minister of Economic Development Employment and Infrastructure on Saturday evening the Minister the member from Trinity Spadina and I returned from a trade mission to China with the Premier during this trip we were able to secure several trade agreements my constituent Scarborough agent caught a well aware of the vital role that trade plays in the Ontario economy China is Ontario's and Canada's second largest trading partners in the world and a long standing productive relationship with China has generated trade jobs and economic growth in both regions in 2014 the two way trade total almost $40 billion as such I'm proud of the government that has targeted strategic connections to continue to add jobs to this province Speaker through you to the Minister can he please provide an update on the trade deals that we secure during the second trade mission to China Minister of Economic Development and Infrastructure thank you Mr. Speaker I want to thank the member for that question but more so for her valuable contribution and that of the member from Trinity Spadina to the success overall of our trip very pleased Mr. Speaker to announce in this legislature that the Premier's mission to China secured over $2.5 billion in agreements which will make this province 1700 jobs in over 100 agreements overall for example Mr. Speaker in the last day in Beijing we were able to secure three trade agreements between Wing on New Group Canada and JD.com China Telecom Group and Cross-Border Wholesale this agreement alone totaled $230 million it's important to note that these companies could have signed agreements with companies and jurisdictions anywhere in the world but Mr. Speaker they chose Ontario and we're proud of that Mr. Speaker thank you Mr. Speaker and thank you to the Minister for a very important response Ontario's economies must stay competitive in the face of challenging global economic conditions we can only to do this attracting targeted strategic deals which are suitable for our highly skilled workforce one such agreement is the Hydrogenics at Mississauga companies which will produce fuel cell technology for zero public transport buses another example is a part of tech Inc. a Scarborough company that developed a cost-effective 3D foot scanner pressure mapping for diabetic feet and paramedic shoes designed software in matter of minutes and I'm proud Mr. Speaker of our government open ventures for smart forward thinking environmental friendly companies Mr. Speaker can you please provide update to the health and other agreement that we reach in China Mr. Speaker let me share a few more examples of some of the important agreements reached on the Premier's mission to China we help secure an $80 million agreement with China telecom group to import food and Canadian nutritional products to China cross-border city America wholesale will purchase $50 million Canadian produce over the next three years and open 30 new stores in 2016 City Capital announced $100 million investment toward paradise, a new attraction and residential development that I know will be very welcome in Niagara Falls Shenzhen Bowser investment group acquired 80% share of EDI a Toronto based leader in the field of robotics automation with this acquisition the Premier intends to create an additional 200 jobs in Ontario this Premier and this government are determined to open up Ontario's economy to the global economy this resubmission will do thank you Mr. Speaker my question is the Minister of Health and long-term care last week was Family Doctors Week and many Family Doctors are quite concerned about patients access to timely health care services Ontario's are currently without a Family Doctor and these patients are unable to have their health care needs met appropriately Ontario is blessed with dedicated and selfless Family Doctors but they are facing an uphill battle the resources are tapped and they face a growing burden of an aging population requiring complex care while an additional 140,000 patients enter the health care system each year as a result less than half of Ontarians are able to see their primary care provider within 24 hours of getting sick Family Doctors are wondering why the government's response has been to cut $800 million from physician services stop collaborating with OMA and as reported by the media threatened to cut doctors' pay Mr. Speaker will the Minister explain why he targets and blames doctors for his government's failure of health thank you Mr. Speaker I'm proud of the work that our frontline health care workers including our doctors are doing correct the member opposite we have been discussing with the OMA on a regular basis I met with the president just a few weeks ago as well we're prepared to re-enter discussions leading towards an agreement at any time it's the OMA that in fact has refused to come back to the table to continue those negotiations but I remain optimistic I remain optimistic Mr. Speaker because the OMA did agree to co-establish with us a table that looks at the future of physician services in this province Mr. Speaker to look at issues of compensation to look at human resource issues to look at important issues like what health quality Ontario released in the report last week in terms of wait times for Ontarians the sorts of issues which will give confidence to our physicians that we are working together in partnership for a sustainable health care system thank you Mr. Speaker back to the minister the relationship between doctors and the government is all time low this government has twice imposed fee reductions and limited options for practicing family doctors patients are the ones who are suffering to build a sustainable health care system this government must collaborate with frontline health care workers instead we see this government scold doctors into media cut resources for patient care and chase away medical residents and students to other jurisdictions Mr. Speaker can the minister explain to me Mr. Speaker I quite frankly don't know where to begin there's so many problems with what the member opposite has just presented here first of all in terms of his allegation of cuts we're increasing the budget that goes specifically to physician compensation by 1.25% last year this year and next year as well there are no cuts in fact we're increasing and we're increasing to accommodate the changes in demographics and the growth in our population Mr. Speaker but I want to remain optimistic I've reached out to the OMA despite what the member opposite had his position might be in the position of the opposition party I've reached out to the OMA we're always open to continue discussions and negotiations despite a year of negotiations the OMA at this moment in time has refrained from restarting those discussions with us but I'm optimistic those discussions will one day bear fruit thank you Mr. Speaker my question is to the Premier people in my riding of Oshawa depend on the region's auto industry for many families across Ontario including those in Windsor, London, St. Thomas Hamilton, Kitchener, St. Catherine and Oshawa it provides them with a stable paycheck month after month last week the Premier's privatizations are Ed Clark stood up in Toronto and said that the hard working people of Ontario's manufacturing sector have seen what amounts to a quarter of their paycheck cut under Liberal governments he even said that quote low labour costs are part of Mexico's winning formula it's evident that his definition of a quote new day in manufacturing means leaving people behind and lower paying manufacturing jobs that is not what the people of Oshawa or Ontario need or deserve will the Premier commit to standing up for the hard working people in the province's manufacturing sector thank you I know the Minister of economic development and infrastructure is going to want to speak to this but let me say off the top that is exactly what we are doing our strategy has been all along to invest in, to support to work with the auto sector and the manufacturing sector writ large to allow it to become the advanced manufacturing sector that will allow us to compete that's why we've been making investments that's why we've set up the jobs and prosperity fund Mr. Speaker the southwestern Ontario development fund Mr. Speaker that's why we have been making these investments to allow the manufacturing sector to go through this transformation we're not giving up on the auto sector Mr. Speaker we're not giving up on manufacturing we have expertise in Ontario that is wanted all over the world we are going to make sure that we have a modern a modern manufacturing sector in this province and it will include Mr. Speaker Thank you Mr. Speaker the people in my community of Oshawa are all too familiar with the inaction of consecutive liberal governments they have sat on the sidelines while more than 300,000 manufacturing jobs have disappeared in this province and the latest numbers from stats can show that Ontario saw the largest decline in manufacturing sales in September so what is Ed Clark's answer cut job security slash regulations that protect our workers our environment and the quality of our products will the Premier commit to creating an auto strategy that leaves no one behind and creates good paying stable jobs Thank you Mr. Speaker Mr. Speaker I've just spent the 19 days of my life out in Japan and China talking about the competitiveness of Ontario's auto sector the fact of the matter is in today's economy we've attracted four and a half billion dollars in 12 months alone to Ontario's auto sector including significant investments from GM who are investing Mr. Speaker with 100 new engineers in their innovation center in GM so we're building the auto sector in today's economy but Mr. Speaker we also want a healthy auto sector in tomorrow's economy that is just around a corner and that's why we're investing in innovation that's why Mr. Speaker we need to be a leader in connected vehicles a leader in artificial intelligence a leader in sensors Mr. Speaker we are we will continue to be so we can build the auto sector jobs of today and tomorrow Mr. Speaker even if the ADP want to live in the past Thank you New question from Ottawa all of you Thank you Mr. Speaker My question is for the minister of training colleges and universities It is imperative that our colleges would help from our government provide students with the necessary skills and training they need to succeed in today's competitive labour market It is equally important that colleges continue to be responsive to the different economic and demographic changes that are taking shape in our province Mr. Speaker I understand that our government in collaborating in new ways with our college partners to support seniors in Ontario Speaker for you to the minister can you please inform the members of the house on our colleges are preparing students to meet the emerging labour market needs in seniors communities across the province Thank you Mr. Speaker I want to say thank you Mr. Speaker our government is committed to supporting a high quality post secondary education for Ontarians Ontarians colleges currently offer a range of specialized programs that serve to fill local labour market needs and prepare our students for the jobs of tomorrow Mr. Speaker my ministry recently approved a new retirement communities management graduate certificate program at Algonquin College This program Mr. Speaker is a strong example of how Ontario colleges are working with their communities and creating innovative programs to meet these emerging needs With over 2 million seniors in Ontario Mr. Speaker I am pleased that this program will enable students to learn and apply management skills in retirement communities across the province of Ontario Our government Mr. Speaker will continue to support our colleges in developing new and innovative programs that will make the lives of Ontarians better Thank you Mr. Speaker Thank you Mr. President I would like to applaud the minister for investing in a strong and qualified labour force that are responsive to the local needs of communities in Ontario particularly in my writing of Ottawa where there is a significant ageing population Speaker the minister responsible for seniors affairs recently announced the launch of a new graduate program in retirement communities management in Ottawa I had the pleasure Mr. Speaker of working in the retirement sector for 15 years and as a former co-owner of a retirement residence in one of the largest and fastest grown regions in Ontario with the demand for larger and new retirement residences this innovative program will be particularly important to me there is numerous challenges and opportunities surrounding safety, health and inclusion that accompany retirement community management and require specific skills Mr. Speaker Can the minister please inform this House on how working together with colleges to introduce program like these will help provide the best air support for seniors in Ontario Minister responsible for seniors Thank you very much Speaker I was delighted to be in Ottawa for the official launch of the new graduate program as a matter of fact as minister I recognize the dynamic opportunity to work with seniors to support seniors in new and innovative ways our government speaker supports this program and supports prospective students Speaker planning to pursue careers in management of retirement communities and improve the lives of Ontario seniors at the same time this new program is specifically designed Speaker to align with the Ontario Retirement Home Act legislation our government created to regulate care and safety standard for seniors in retirement homes Speaker Ontario's booming senior population has spurred an exceptionally high employment for qualified management professionals in this industry we continue to support this initiative by Ontario colleges investments and support for what they are doing for the seniors in Ontario Thank you and good morning Speaker my question is for the minister of Labour there is a sense of chaos and uncertainty at home due to job cuts and work stoppages at major provincial employers I've spoken about the 350 frontline healthcare workers including more than 100 nurses this government has fired at our hospital but now the government has also fired 54 workers at Nipissing University including 22 professors so now the student the Nipissing University students have been without classes for two weeks as a faculty strike wears on but this government has also fired 43 workers at Ontario Northland and now there in a lock out these provincial actions are hurting Nipissing families students seniors and businesses my question is what is the government doing to resolve these disputes nothing Thank you Thank you Speaker and thank you to the honourable member for the question I think the government of Ontario I think is very proud of the record of labour peace that we've enjoyed in the province of Ontario when you compared to other jurisdictions when you look at the number of agreements that are made throughout the province of Ontario and you realise that over 98% of those agreements are reached without a strike without a lock out that's been enjoyed by this province is as a result of the relationships that we've been able to build with both labour and with employers in the province of Ontario we have a record sir that's second to none I think when it comes to labour peace we work with both sides both sides view this government as a government that values the relationship that it has with either we plan to continue we know that the best agreement you can possibly reach is one that's reached between the parties we attempt to facilitate that we've got the best mediators in the country we reach the best agreements in the country back to the minister I'm not sure about labour peace because I'm receiving email on a daily basis from nipissing university students and parents they're concerned the students may not be able to complete their semesters meanwhile workers friends and families are out protesting the hospital cuts every single week and at Ontario northland Unifor's national president became involved and laid this lock out firmly at the feet of the premier and the liberal government despite the fact that as the deputy premier said the government has run out of money they found billions to waste on gas plants, e-health orange and smart meter scandals my question is how long will the minister let these disruptions drag out thank you thank you speaker and thank you again for the supplementary as I said we're proud of the record here in the province of Ontario 98% of the labour contracts in Ontario are settled without any disruption at all the uh when we made the decision to keep four of the five business lines of the ONTC commission in public hands we made it very clear I think to everybody in Ontario that labour is a critical component of transforming the ONTCs for long term relationships because we need to support that case of public ownership agreements have been reached with other bargaining agents as we've moved through that process the ONTC management has table final offers with Unifor I know that Unifor which is a very highly valued integral part of the the labour community in the province is taking a look at those working hard I suspect both groups work together at the table an agreement can be reached in both cases new question the member from to miscommunicate Cochrane thank you speaker my question is to the premier last week management of the Ontario Northland transportation locked up workers at its repair shops across the north Cochrane and North Bay by the Cannondustry Relations Board now they're locked out again after negotiators for the company or the government basically walked away from the table first the government ends train service then they cut back bus routes now they're strong army workers Northerners are getting the feeling that they fought to take ONTC to force the government to take them off the auction block and now it seems they're putting them on the chopping block is this government actually determined to destroy public transportation in northern Ontario I appreciate having the opportunity to speak to you the minister of labour just spoke very well to the same issue the fact is when our government under premier wins leadership made the decision after much consultation with northerners to keep four to five business lines of the ONTC in public hands that was a proud moment and it continues to be a proud moment and we are committed to transforming the ONTC to ensure sustainable employment continued economic growth and a strong transportation effort in northeastern Ontario but it is also important and we made it clear that a critical component of transforming the ONTC for long term sustainability certainly is supporting a continued case for public oil we need to have the labour agreements in place and there have been a lot of plans to bring them optimistic as we respect the collective bargaining process that indeed will continue to carry forward and that hopefully they'll be back to the table and agreements will be put in place subtle reminder when I stand you sit you've got to look over this way every now and then the government how's the way around a point of order we have a point of order but I want to take this opportunity to welcome Tony Ionuchi, Kevin and Nikki Holland who are members of the conference union and visiting Queen's Park today. Thank you. Thank you. I would like to introduce Mr. Bill Ferguson in our gallery. Thank you. No further, there are no deferred votes, the substance resets until 1pm this afternoon.


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