We will start with the quick tips because I love starting with quick tips and listener Todd shares his quick tip with us. He says, how cool is iOS 15? I just had my iPhone's camera focused on the address of a return envelope. I tapped the recognize text button, selected it, copied it, and pasted it into MS word on my Mac. Didn't even need to take the picture. Yeah, I love that. That's like a confluence of all of the, you know, latest Apple text or Apple technology. That's what we get for trying to paste the link in at the same time that I'm talking. But yeah, right? Like that's really cool that, you know, you scan with your iPhone, paste onto your Mac because it's on the clipboard. The clipboard is shared between the two devices automatically as long as they're both on the same network and signed into the same iCloud account. I believe that's what has to be in place for that to happen. And then the clipboard is just magically shared between the two, which is amazing. So, I don't know, what do you think, Mr. Braun? Yeah, I've noticed that too, where all of a sudden it's like, oh, there's, you know, this little icon saying, hey, would you like me to read your text? Yeah, I dig it.


missed you. It's been too long. Yeah, exactly. Thanks for a great session previously where we did a little show and tell of some of the work happening around domains. And as Lauren already mentioned in that session, it was kind of a beautiful segue into what we'll be talking about for the next roughly 40 minutes is what does it look like to build out your domain's community? We spent a lot of times yesterday talking about the nuts and bolts of understanding the various systems that run domain of one's own and getting familiar with some of the kind of troubleshooting tips, et cetera, administration tools. Now let's take a look at what people do as they're in the kind of rhythm of domains, building out various elements of it. And that comes in many different strains.  But one of the ones we want to start with today is Coventry domains. I'm not sure if Noah is in the audience, but Noah, if you are and you want to jump in, we can share a link in Discord where you could actually jump into this session. So I don't know, Taylor or Pilot, if you want to put a link in just in case someone wants to come in and talk about any of their building out, because I know we'll talk about University of Oklahoma as well, feel free to do that. So Coventry domains. One of the things that's super interesting about this instance is Coventry domains started with folks like Lauren Haywood and Danielle Villar on Rubio and more recently Noah Mitchell with the idea of providing faculty and students their own cPanel instance, their domain of one's own. No surprise for many of you here today. But one of the things they realized as time went on and one of the ways they built out their instances, they realized that a lot of folks who are using domain of one's own predominantly were using it for WordPress. And so they wanted to say, hey, let's direct a good amount of our users directly to a WordPress multi-site instance, right? And so kind of balance like when is it that you need WordPress multi-site, a one-site up, go, share, build what you need to and then get out or take it with you but only WordPress versus a cPanel instance where you're really building in a whole bunch of different options. You're working with HTML, you're working with various applications like we talked about previously, Omega, Omega S, etc. It's a different environment. And as Lauren already said today, the two don't have to be understood as mutually exclusive. And one of the things that's so great about Coventry domains is that they made that shift probably the second or two and a half years into their domain of one's own exploration, we'll call it. They said, look, we want to integrate WordPress multi-site as a point where when people come to Coventry domains, they have a choice. And you can see it here pretty nicely. They say, for students, by and large, you're going to get a WordPress. Here it is. This will take us to a WordPress multi-site. And this will get you up and running very quickly and again kind of simplify the experience for folks not having to see Cpanel, etc. Yeah. I was going to say, I also really appreciate, just from a design perspective, the decision that they have. So they are framing it upfront for students versus for educators, as you mentioned, Jim, but I think it's really cool. Their login, that's going directly to WordPress multi-site. So they are kind of setting that as the default or first step, which I think is really cool as just that first entry point. And we talked about that yesterday as WordPress multi-site is kind of your foot in the door, right? And then domain of one's own for the more exploratory stuff, and then the cloud even after that. So I like even just from a design decision, that login goes straight to WordPress multi-site, but then they're also still highlighting domain of one's own here as well. So anyway, just interjecting there. No, I mean, I do think that the way in which they integrated this is really seamless. And it makes a point that I think, you know, is subtle but really powerful while you're defaulting to WordPress to get up and running or WordPress multi-site. Domain of one's own is an extension of that toolkit, right? It is once that is no longer the limits of WordPress multi-site you're running up against them, then domain of one's own and Cpanel becomes a real option. So then that's kind of one thing I wanted to ask or pose because I think there's possibly some people in the workshop who aren't actually familiar with the limitations of WordPress multi-site and what, you know, because it obviously it gets folks WordPress and that can be configured where they can have either a directory based URL or a sub domain, like you can still do that. But, you know, some of the things that are limitations are both good and bad, right? Like so with the WordPress multi-site, the administrator of it curates themes that people can pick from and plugins, which on the one hand coming from domain of one's own, you might go, well, that means that people can install their own themes and plugins and that's true. But on the other hand, as you've probably helped people get started with WordPress, it's really overwhelming digging through the themes and plugins. So it's kind of with templates even totally. Yes. So that, but the nice thing of having both, right? Like if you need that scale of WordPress and of a WordPress multi-site, is that the minute you have a user who's like, well, you know, I need these eight plugins and you're like, we're not going to put all those on our multi-site. We don't have anyone else who needs them. That's where you've got that release valve to domains. And that's really powerful, I think. And that's what they've they're even calling out right here on the site. So right now I'm on the actually where they are featuring domain of one's own on that second tab there. And what you can do with domains and they're talking about FTP access or alternative CMS options or new themes and plugins. So they're already kind of separating the fact that WordPress multi-site is cool. Anybody can go on there and sign up for an account or you can come here and request an account. And then that's just from an admin perspective, too, you're kind of managing that growth in a way that I think folks appreciate with the request form, because you're able to just see that over time in a way that's, you know, you can't really do with self-service. And there is an economics to it. There's no two ways about it. With cPanel, you know, schools pay by cPanel account. And so if you have a bunch of folks who are just needing WordPress and a very stripped-down WordPress, it makes sense to marry those two tools and kind of think about it as an evolution. And I know that Coventry is a perfect example. We'll talk to another one here shortly. But like, this is a really thoughtful constructive and often kind of efficient way to think about offering various tools to your community without maybe throwing out the baby with the bathwater to use a kind of tried metaphor or cliche or whatever. The other thing I want to talk about with Coventry domains, because I love it. I love it. I love it is Coventry.domain slash learn. That's the URL. Coventry.domain slash learn. And I highlight book market. Take a look here. This was developed by Lauren Haywood and Daniel and Noah again, a great team at Coventry. And this, what I love is it's basically like a meta reflection on, okay, you got this tool domain of one's own. What is it? Yeah. Why? I love this design visually because I've always said it's like stepping stones to getting a really robust digital space online. Not only are we're not jumping into installing WordPress. We're starting back further than that. Why are we here? What is the web? How to plan a design or a site that works for everyone? So you're already thinking of accessibility before you even start, right? And then you have that introduction into C panel and into the tech. Yesterday we were talking a little bit about, we didn't really manage to go into super in depth, but I know that some people in the chat were talking about how to emphasize digital literacy and considerate design, how to be able to build that in in a manageable way when you're onboarding people to domain of one's own. And this is a great resource for getting people who have no experience, no practice thinking about these things familiar with theirs. Yeah, the true beginners who aren't familiar with this, here's something to look at to get a little bit of inspiration, maybe. Yeah, and I will say, I mean, thinking about that is one of the things that we'll be talking about later on today is what does it mean to build a curriculum around domain of one's own? And what does it mean to kind of prepare faculty, staff and students alike for the journey? And I do think learn is a really good template for thinking about like what are some of the curricular kind of bigger ideas that a domain of one's own or WordPress multi site or what have you help folks focus on? What do they kind of afford them to think through? And what tools do they have to extend some of their capabilities to learn how the web works? And I think the learn site does this really well. And I'm also biased because they use the house metaphor to describe the domain, you know, how I feel about the house metaphor. And I just coming back to this landing page support, you know, so there is a slash learn, which I jumped to, you know, because they do have a separate space for domain of one's own support versus Coventry domains, WordPress support. So I thought that that was was great too. And, you know, the stepping stones slash learn design is fantastic. But this is also, you know, just for WordPress getting started with the WordPress multi site is just as cool too. So. And I think Noah, when he did a community chat with us showed us there's another support site that they have that's just for like faculty that says, okay, if you're a faculty member going through this, it's really kind of like beautifully nuanced and contextualized support for every element of their community. So again, if you're looking for inspiration of maybe how to kind of build out your domain of one's own site, because, you know, what you have now, if you're a fairly new school, or if you've just been trying to get the ropes of this, you have our end full theme with a nice, it is a very nice header. And the three highlights of, you know, what does it mean to be digitally literate? You'll see in our examples here that schools have now started to build on that to make it their own almost. Well, not almost. We need to update our home page at that point.  You know, some update would be nice is to create for people to custom in terms of like, maybe we have, you know, not everyone is in agreement, in agreement on page builders, but I think having our thing, because that's a pretty a proposal. I did want to jump to another example already, nothing else about Coventry. Lauren, we're ready. I just want to say a special thank you to John Stewart for including another, and we'll be using this for our afternoon session, John, the WebFest, him and Keegan, or I think they did it together. I think it was at ET4 online, where they actually built a curriculum for folks to work through. So that's another one we could add to our list of great curriculums. So thank you for that, John. There's audio problems in the chat being reported. Tyler, are you hearing us okay? You're coming through fine from me, which means it's something going between the stream. Okay. So while we're troubleshooting, I'm just going to keep running into the next example. Sure. Because regardless, I think we're still streaming and recording. So I just want to keep going. Hopefully we can work through that on the back end. Soldier on. Exactly. In the meantime, I am going to jump to a University of Oklahoma's create.ou.edu. And John Stewart, if you are out there listening, maybe we can have a stream yard link for him and he can come in and talk, you know. More eloquently about this than I can, but I have to feature this because it is pretty great. Reports are that audio has been fixed. Reloading the page has helped. Very good. So I think this is another great example of how a domain of one zone and WordPress multi-site school are talking about these services in a single space about how they can be used together. And I just, I love how we're, you know, how folks are delivering these tools. And so starting first with showing your work, your skills, your online presence, and logging in. And I think Oklahoma has a similar strategy here where, you know, they had domains for quite a few years. And if that's the only tool that you're using, it can, it can grow fast, right? These are larger schools. It looks like John is on. So we can bring him in. Hey, John, how are you? It's good to see you're so adaptable. Maybe he's working through his mic stuff. So in the meantime, I'll keep going. Oh, there he is. Can you hear us? Yeah, I can hear you. Can you hear me? Yeah, I can. Yeah. So you're just talking about your homepage and how I think you have also made a strategic design decision to, you know, the login is immediately going to WordPress multi site. Is that correct? Where folks are kind of defaulting there? And then it has to be, you know, an intentional choice to move to domain of one's own. Do you want to talk a little bit about that? Yeah, the login currently goes to sort of a choice between the two, but we're positioning the multi site as the default. And so on that page, it sort of encourages you to go to multi site. And I think, yeah, eventually we will just sort of push people directly to the multi site. We worked a lot on this language, and we sort of spent, you know, an inordinate amount of time just trying to figure out the language here to make it clear as to where people are supposed to go. And we do still have a few issues with that. Occasionally people log into the multi site and then say, where are my sites? And they don't realize that they're, you know, they were domain of one's own and they're still in the domain of one's own. And they're just, you know, now on a different system. But so there's been a little bit of confusion, but it's gone fairly well. And what we're finding is that, yeah, the vast majority of our undergrad users are blogging for a single course. And so when they're blogging for one course, multi site is great. And it fulfills their needs. And then if they're in a class that's like, you know, digital humanities class, or an LIS class, then yeah, the domains make a lot more sense. And faculty are sort of split half and half as to what they want. And so, yeah, just trying to give everybody the best user experience we can. That's great. I also like your thinking, John, and you and Adam have both talked about this, about like, you know, recognizing a pattern. I think Tom Woodward could speak to this again, and many other people in domains, like you're seeing a lot of people just using WordPress. So you do want to kind of re consolidate those resources and WordPress multi site represented a real kind of, you know, a consolidation of some of that to make managing the whole project easier. Does that make sense? I mean, is that fair? Yeah, that's exactly it. And I'll talk a little bit more this afternoon about what we found when we were doing some analysis on our domain of one's own. But yeah, basically, we were finding that a lot of people are just wanting one WordPress site, and they're using it for three months. And it, you know, exactly lines up with a semester. And so for those people, you know, the multi site is great. And it's just much easier to stand up and get started. But, you know, we do have people using a Mecca s and a Mecca and Drupal and Joomla and everything else and, you know, custom HTML. And so we do want to continue to support that. So yeah, the challenge right now for me is documentation. And so this is still, you know, primarily focused on our DOO side of things. And then I've got a separate set of documentation for the multi site. But again, just making sure that users find what they need and find the documents that that they need is figuring out all that on the fly. And I was going to say, you know, reclaim hosting thinks about this a lot internally as well with our own documentation is how do you provide enough of an overview of C panel and enough of the applications that are quite popular, but then also provide support for all of the installatron applications like that balance there of, you know, these are the applications that are most popular, most used. So we're going to try and provide some more robust documentation around them, knowing that we're probably not going to get, you know, everything covered in which case going to the application support directly is probably best. Yeah, and WordPress multi site and you can chime in here obviously, John, because you have more direct experience with it right now than I do. But like it represents its almost own world of WordPress. There's WordPress and then there's WordPress multi site and there's a whole series of themes, plugins, different ways that people hack it. And it's interesting that WordPress multi site has had a very big uptake in higher ed. And I think there is, you know, some direct link between reclaim hosting history and that history, which is cool. But I think the other thing worth thing is like, we as a community have to start documenting and building kind of training for folks to manage that. And one of our oversights as a company is, you know, we host WordPress multi site, but we haven't built out the culture and the understanding of the tools and how to work for it. And I think that's part of reclaim and tech in my mind is bringing in folks like Tom Woodward, who've run very big WordPress multi sites to kind of get people who are interested in doing this or who have doing it but don't have a community to deal with to kind of have some of that access. So WordPress multi site is increasingly becoming a large part of the kind of broader reclaim hosting ecosystem. So we're trying to get to that. Yeah, and I think, you know, even just having, you know, pointers from y'all to Tom's blog where he explains a lot of his work and to some of the other resources that exist is really useful. And then yeah, as he said, you know, just figuring out which plugins we wanted to start off with was was a bit of a challenge. And really, we just looked at what what they were doing with the last site that you were just showing in England. Yeah, sorry, Coventry, they've done a really good job and the plugins that they were using. And so I sort of reverse engineered a couple of their like screenshots even. And just tried to figure out what plugin they used to make those screens happen. And so yeah, I need to post about that and then maybe share the post with y'all just so that you can you can replicate it wherever you want to. No, I think building a kind of working group around WordPress multi site and some of those recommendations and being intentional on our part is something we want to do because, you know, we know this is a domain of one's own workshop, but part of that, you know, what sits kind of adjacent to domain of one's own is also understanding how your folks are using it. And if enough of them are using WordPress by the fall, that's probably a good investment for your community more broadly. I like the way that Lauren's phrased it a couple times of just thinking at different maybe scales or user intentions is that you hear almost tears. Yeah. So, you know, the multi site as being an entry point, the domains as being, you know, the main midpoint and then and then cloud being for sort of extreme users. Well, John, it's been great. Thank you so much for hopping in on the fly. I know we kind of put you on the spot there, but it's been awesome to chat with you. And I know we'll be seeing you later today as well. So thank you. Coming up next, I think we want to highlight just some other domain of one's own schools that are doing pretty cool design work, not necessarily focusing on combining services. You know, that's what those were the last two examples. But now just sort of looking at different branding, some of these schools that will be highlighting starting first with home base where we are in St. Norbert, you know, have mascots and things. So I am dioramas. Right. So I am going to share my screen. This is night domains. I'll put the domain in the banner here and I will give Taylor an opportunity to talk to him. You know, I wonder. So the funny thing about this is so I was, you know, domains at SNC when this redesign went through, but I have very little to do with this redesign in terms of the actual work. This was pretty much all done by students and actually really mostly one student, Easton Wember, who was a domains research assistant for us and did a few different projects, but this was one of them. I'll have to dig it up, but there's actually a talk that Easton gave on her design process with this that would be really good. But I can definitely speak to some of the like higher level decisions in terms of basically the main thing is we felt it was really important to do something with the home page that really met exactly what the immediate needs are when you visit the page. So I'm kind of really big into trying to figure out like, okay, who is visiting this web page and what do they need when they get here? And so for us, we realized that anyone visiting night domains already has probably heard about night domains. They didn't accidentally type this into a URL, into a address bar, right? They came here for some reason. And so we've talked a lot about like at SNC a lot about like the elevator pitch for domains, but we figured most people who are here have actually already heard that elevator pitch and need either a fresher or some technical information, and they just need to know where to go. So like right away at the front of the page, we've got, you know, the sign up button, obviously, but as you scroll down, we kind of this four step process was something that was kind of, I don't know, it looks simple, but we spent a lot of time thinking about what this should say and in what order. So we really want to make it clear like, look, anybody can sign up, and we have support documentation. And when you need help, the tech bar, which is the students that are trained on domains and a few other things can help you with an appointment. And to that point, you know, you mentioned it looks simple, but I think anytime you have something that comes across is very simple. There's strategy behind making it simple, right? You have to make your language super concise. You have to know exactly what you're trying to say. And it's a good practice internally to say, why are we sharing this? What are we trying to convey? And what is the most simplistic way possible to say that? And I think for reclaim, this is something that we think about often with how we're talking about the technologies and also, you know, for domain admins, how we're delivering this, you know, how are we translating technical concepts in a way for a beginner user to understand. And so I, again, it looks very simple, but I really appreciate this idea because it's anyone could follow four steps, right? It's only four steps. It's only four steps. Yeah. And so, and then the last step of the four steps is sharing and creation, which if you click the share button real quick, and we can go back in a little bit, but this will take you out to the community page for night domains, which is very similar to the community template that I think we'll talk about a little bit later. But basically, this is a place for S&C folks to submit sites they're working on. And then they get showcased here. This is fantastic. So that was kind of the idea is that, hey, one of the steps is, we want to know what you're doing. You know, we want you to share that. So that we wanted to make that prominent. If you go back to the night domains page here, it's also linked in the menu at the top 200 community examples. And I will say, just kind of while you were talking, Taylor, I was sort of going through into the FAQ, and I love these questions, you know, because it's more than just, how do I reset my password? You know, it's almost none of that. Right. Is it really my domain if you grade it, right?  So that has persisted as long as when, when Autumn worked here, that was, so, and that had an energy that we definitely couldn't remove from the site. I think there was a, there was a student by the name of Andrew, and I'm forgetting his last name, unfortunately, who was at Davidson College and wrote, is it my domain if you grade it? And there was a whole article about it. And I thought it was like, yeah, radical students like, like, what a point. Like I was ready for the 60s hippies to come out with no shoes. I was like, yeah, reclaim it. No, yeah. And also the, what does Virginia Woolf have to do with this? That's just so good. But yeah, I loved this answer, because you immediately get into ownership and suddenly you're thinking about what it means to be a digital citizen. And what happens when you put your stuff online? Is it really yours anymore? And so I think, I love that this is just right here on the homepage. And we're, and that philosophy and that kind of approach to what this is and how it kind of is going to resonate with your community, because not every community that will resonate with, but like understanding that and framing it to work through that is really important, right? We can talk about the nuts and bolts of WHM and WHMCS and WordPress. And we need to, because that's how you're going to manage this. But a whole another layer to domains is understanding what it is to your community, how you'll use it, and how to accomplish that as seamlessly and iconographly really, like just four simple steps or Coventry, you'll notice what they're learning. There's a lot of iconography that takes you through it. Yeah, so basically that frequently asked questions part was important. And we're really kind of adamant in the design process that this is probably all that belonged on the homepage. So if you go to the about page, that's the elevator pitch style stuff. And that's actually what is on, this is pretty similar to what comes on a, the theme out of the box. I mean it's tweaked a little bit, but it's a similar type of, you know, you can even see like the icons are kind of laid out. Similarly, we changed the subject a little bit, but this used to be our homepage for night domains, essentially with the signup button, but we moved it to about as a secondary thing because again, we figured most people going to, most people opening their browser typing a night.domains either want to log in because they already have an account or they're about to make one because they were either told or heard about it and they want to know more. It's not actually their first time in our situation. Obviously that's going to be different in everybody. When I was at St. Albert, I did a lot of like going into classrooms and talking about this stuff. So that's often their first time hearing about it. But in case that's not the case, we do have this about page and that would frequently get linked to for folks as well. That's really cool. Thank you Taylor so much for talking about this. This is yeah, easily one of my favorite sites to link back to just because I also appreciate the branding and the kind of mascot for night domains. One other thing I should mention too is that the mascot is Norby. That's the college mascot at St. Albert. But the icon with the web behind Norby is the night domains was specifically made for that. And this one I think is a good example of this is Elementor on the home and about pages and it's actually still the default theme. It looks very different than the default theme, but it's just using the built-in theme. We didn't change the theme at all. The last thing I'm proud of on this is the dashboard, or sorry, login button. That login button changes to dashboard when you're logged in.  But if you're logged in, it says dashboard, and if you're logged out, it says login. That's awesome. But that was no plugin needed for that. That's actually just a thing you can do in WordPress with a little PHP snippet. Cool. Well, I'm going to transition then to another site. We've got a couple more examples here and I know we're coming close on time. Jim, were you pointing to me? I was. I was pointing you across the table. Can I swap screens for a second? I just want to point out, I just realized the indie web has a domain of one-zone web page, wiki page, but to the point of Norby with that web, if you look at the domain of one-zone original art, which was what we used at UMW, that web is very similar to the web that Norby has, and that's inspired by a 1960s, 70s Spider-Man aesthetic. I really love that. Anyway, that has little to do. But the other thing with building out your domains that I don't think I could stress enough is your aesthetic matters. How you imagine and vision this space matters. I really love an aesthetic that kind of captures and plays with the, you know, is playful with the idea of the web. I love that. And if you don't believe, Jim, just go check out the art on our website, or, you know, maybe Taylor at some point will pan back to the awesome live bookshelf that we have that the St. Norbert folks put together. It matters. I'll pop the n-text logo in the top corner. Exactly. And to kind of wrap up here the last couple of minutes, a few more examples that I wanted to share. The folks at University of Colorado Boulder have an amazing site, buffscreate.net. I love that they kind of have this running text below of things that you can use Domain of One Zone for taking control of your data, building out a digital identity, constructing digital class projects. Just really kind of cool what you can do with Buffscreate. So this is kind of familiar. Those three things, those three sections you'll see in the main, I guess, starter. It's the end-fold theme that we give to every school out of the base. And I can't remember if they're, if they've just built off of the end-fold theme or if this is a separate theme. Maybe I'll look at that after this and it can leave those details in Discord. But I think it's just really cool that you start off with framing how this can be helpful, what you can do with it, right, and making it your own, linking out the frequently asked questions. And then, you know, show where to start. That's cool too. Let's slow down, you know, and then, again, highlighting the community work. So just bringing in those elements wherever you can is really cool. And the community showcase is important. And I know there has been a community workshop that we've done, yeah, community chat, where Taylor, you've worked with various schools to get the community site up and running for them. And we have one that runs on gravity forms. And if a community site is something you're interested in integrating into your domain of one's own and it's not there already, that is something we would love to hear about and help you with. So definitely reach out. We've had folks after that community chat do that. And we also want to extend that to you all now. That will be using a tool that actually you'll hear about in a little bit called gravity forms. And we're going to have a month-long flex course on in June, where Tom Woodward, over the course of four weeks, will be taking us from kind of very simple uses of gravity forms to more expert uses. And hopefully the idea of you follow along, take that both an hour synchronously, but asynchronously learning how to do stuff. And over the course of four weeks, you'll have a really good idea of what gravity forms is all about and how you can use it as an ed tech and beyond. So stay tuned for that. And also just before jumping out to my final example, Buffs Create support page is actually really cool. I haven't seen this one yet. I just sort of stumbled on it. And I love getting started, understanding C-Panel domain management, like the three pillars for getting started.  Here's what to consider and explore all the other guides below. So I love how that's just, again, delivered and framed out based on what you're going to need. A beautiful, yeah, I agree. I hadn't seen that before either. I know. All right. Last couple of minutes, the last one I wanted to share, and we pointed to this one briefly yesterday, domains.unf.edu. This is from the University of North Florida. This is built using Elementor.  So I think that's really cool just to start your portfolio, just to help you, again, get the gears turning. Am I safe to assume that this was designed by our old friend, Andy Rush? I believe so, Mr. Rush. I am feeling the rush right now. So again, signing up, building and publishing, just stepping stones. I see some of these patterns throughout, and I love that. And joining the community about faculty domains and just thinking of it more as a playground for exploring. And when I think about it that way, you take the scariness away from it, that, oh, I can't touch anything because I don't want to break it, it's like, go in and try and break it. And then let's learn how to fix it. Notice every example we've shown now pretty much has a showcase. It's always been the case. Examples win when you're on the ground talking to faculty, talking to staff, students. We can talk to our blue in the face about the powers of C panel, but once they see what someone can do with this, with a specific example, as you all have seen today, Tom and so many examples shared, they really do take us to the next level of making us or pushing us to actually jump in there and try it. So examples always win. Absolutely. So as we're kind of coming to a close here, if you have any questions about things that we have talked about today, these examples, if you have questions for the admins that created them, and we can sort of filter those questions to them, or other examples that we didn't get to, please let us know. That would be really helpful to know in the chat, and we will use that as we continue conversations today. Any closing thoughts? Well, no, I'd say that's right. Get ready your questions because the next session we're going to jump to is a Q&A, which is kind of us digging deeper a little bit on what we showed, what's possible. So that's a really good place for you to not only ask, hey, here's a good example I had, or what did you do in this example? How did they build this? But also, anything else today that you want to know more about? Let's take the time to slow down a bit and see how we can help. Awesome. And if anything, we could look at Jeff back up a little bit. I feel like. Absolutely. Cool. Alright. The world is your oyster. Exactly. Well, in that case, thank you all so much for joining today's session on building out domains. I'm super excited to continue on our conversations for the rest of the day, and we will see you there. There you go.


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It is now time for oral questions and I recognize the leader of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition. Thank you. Good morning, Speaker. Yesterday we learned that the federal government is going to heed the call of our party, of environmental groups, and of so many concerned Ontarians and intervened to protect the Green Belt. The federal minister cited the danger posed to species at risk and to our country's only national urban park as they announced a new study on the impacts of paving over the Green Belt. Speaker, there is growing public opposition to this land grab. There's an ongoing ethics inquiry and there are new federal interventions, so will the Premier finally stop his attack on our Green Belt? To reply, the government host leader. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Look, I can say this. The provincial government, this government is steadfast in its commitment to continue to build houses for the people of the province of Ontario. The federal government can either assist us in this motion or they can simply get out of the way. We have made it very clear since 2018 that we needed to build more houses in the province of Ontario. It has also been very clear that the opposition is against this. What we're seeing in Ontario is hope and optimism returning to this province for the first time in a long time. Why? Because we're bringing more jobs back to the province of Ontario. We have more jobs than people to fill those jobs and we're asking for over 300,000 people to come to Ontario to help us build a prosperous Ontario. And you know what they need? They want to have a home, Mr. Speaker. So we will continue to do that and I can't say it more clearly. The federal government, the opposition can either work with us or they can get out of the way so that we can continue to build a better home. That's your question. Mr. Speaker, the government house leader was there when Rouge Park was created. Now he's willing to put it all at risk so a few friends of the Premier can make a quick buck. That is so disappointing. Back to the Premier, Parks Canada said the government's green belt carve-up is going to cause irreversible harm to wildlife. The federal government says the risks are real. This government muzzled the Green Belt Council. It's becoming increasingly clear that consultation did not happen, not at all. And so my question to the Premier is beyond the guests at his family function, who did he consult on the impacts of his green belt carve-up? Yes, Mr. Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition is quite correct. I was there when the Rouge National Urban Park was being created because the Rouge National Urban Park for the most part is in my riding. And what we did at the time, Mr. Speaker, is we took 5,000 acres of land that was scheduled to be part of the Toronto Airport, took it out, and we returned it to farmers and gave them long-term 100-year leases. You know who was against that, colleagues? You know who voted against the Rouge National Urban Park? It was the federal NDP. It was the federal Green Party. And it was the federal Liberals, including this Prime Minister, Mr. Speaker. Because you know why? We wanted to kick farmers off of that land and reforest that land, Mr. Speaker. But it was a Stephen Harper conservative government that said no. No, Mr. Speaker. You know what? It was a progressive conservative government under Mike Harris that protected that area in the first place. And they voted against it. So I say very clearly to the Leader of His Majesty's Opposition, either work with us to build new housing or get out of the way. The House will come to order. Start the clock. Final supplementary. Well, I can tell you, Speaker, we're not going to get out of the way. We're going to stand up for this, by any of this. It has everything to do with a handful of very well-connected insiders making a lot of money. Speaker, the reality is this government's plan won't build a single new unit of affordable housing. If this government truly cared about making sure that Ontarians had good places to call home, they'd be ending exclusionary zoning, investing to build non-profit co-op in support of housing. Speaker, my question to the Premier is, instead of bulldozing the green belt, will you invest in truly affordable housing on the land we already have? Once again, Peter. I think it's any surprise to anybody on this side of the House, Mr. Speaker, that the Leader of the Opposition has suggested that they will continue to be in the way of building more houses for the people of the province of Ontario, because that is at the core of who the NDP are now, Mr. Speaker. They get in the way of everything, get in the way of building more homes, get in the way of building a better, stronger Ontario, getting in the way of opening up the ring of fire so that we can have more jobs in the north. They get in the way of building more electric vehicle plants. They get in the way of transit and transportation, including the biggest investment in subways in the history of the province. They get in the way of building more roads so that we can get enough products to market. They get in the way of the Minister of Energy who wants to bring the cleanest grid to the world. The SMR, the small modular reactor, they get in the way of that. They get in the way of everything the Minister of Education is doing to make our students the best students in the world. Everything that the Minister of Colleges Training and University has done. Everything that the Minister of Labor has done. But you know what? We clear all of that with the Minister of Red Tape and we build a better Ontario. The next question, Leader of the Opposition. Speaker, I think it's fair to say that this government and this premier have been under a cloud of suspicion. Lucrative patronage appointments doled out to conservative donors. Cozy relationships with developers who stand to gain from carving the green belt. A revolving door of lobbyists from Minister's offices. And while ordinary Ontarians are struggling to keep a roof over their heads and put food on the table or get the health care they deserve, this government is doling out gifts to everyone that they know. My question is to the premier. Are the interests of regular people in this province taking a back seat to the interests of their friends and donors? Listen to the question of the Leader of the Opposition. She just stated that she wants to get in the way of having new homes for the people of the province of Ontario. There are generations, the next generation of Ontarians, who just want the same thing that all of us have, right? They want to have the opportunity to have their first home. That is why people have come to this province for so many generations. But the NDP, they want to stand in the way of that. They want to stand in the way of the incredible work that the Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade has done to bring thousands of jobs back to the province of Ontario. We are building a bigger, better, stronger province of Ontario and we are doing it by working together across government to make sure that that happens for the people of the province of Ontario and they are seeing the results, Mr. Speaker. They are seeing the results. Paychecks are getting better. It is getting easier to do business in the province of Ontario. You are also seeing the results? That billions of dollars of companies that are flocking to the province of Ontario to join with us in building a better, stronger province. That's your question. Speaker, that's all very interesting because just yesterday it was revealed that insiders with connections to private health care companies have donated at least $35,000 to the Conservatives since the 2018 election. Donations from private clinic owners, from developers looking to build private hospitals. Curious, curious, Speaker, given this government's recent choice to start funneling public money towards private health facilities. So, Speaker, again to the Premier. I don't appreciate a real answer. Doesn't the government realize how this looks? How do you explain it? Members, make your comments to the chair. Government health leader. Speaker, I don't know who is writing these questions for the leader of the opposition. So what are we doing in health care, right? What are we doing in health care? We are spending billions of dollars in every part of this province to build a bigger, better, stronger health care system. Niagara, building massive amounts of investment in Niagara. Not only in new hospitals. We looked at the small hospitals and we decided, you know what, we have to do a better job of funding our small and medium hospitals. So we're doing that. The largest investment in hospitals in Ottawa. We're doing that in long-term care. We're doing it. We're working with the Minister of Colleges and University to make sure that we have the staff to support all of this massive investment. And hey, go figure. We want to do things differently so that the people of this province can have a better health care system going forward. But you know who's standing in the way of that? Is the leader of the opposition because they are stuck in 1940s, Mr. Speaker? They are stuck in the 1940s. I thought Dr. Horvath was bad enough, but now we have Dr. Stiles. Who knows everything? But you know what? Despite it, we'll get the job done. Members to refer to each other by their writing name or their ministerial title as applicable. Start the clock. The final supplementary. Speaker, the timing is curious too because some insiders were making donations to the Conservative Party at the same time they were lobbying this government to privatize health care. In fact, one donor made a very significant contribution to the Conservative Party just two days after their private company received a lucrative license to do 5,000 cataract surgeries. Another started donating to the Conservatives just last year, and now suddenly his company, guess what, stands to benefit and privatize health care imaging. Speaker to the Premier, Ontarians want to know, is this a return to cash for access in Ontario? Is this how we get it done in Ontario again under the Conservative government? The opposition under abusive language, but allow the minister to reply as the government has said. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. You know how we get it done in the province of Ontario? First, what we do is we make sure that we put policies forward and that the people of the province of Ontario and the progressive Conservative government to get the job done. And then we look and we say, how can we prove Ontario? And we say the first thing that we've got to do is get rid of the red tape of regulation that was killing, killing this province. We did it. We did it. Then we say we have to stabilize our energy sector. We did it. We have to reinvest in infrastructure. We are doing it, Mr. Speaker. We have to reinvest in our health care system to build better communities. We're doing it. And you know who votes against it all the time? Is the leader of the opposition, Mr. Speaker, and that party? Imagine a leader of the opposition, an NDP party, trying to suggest that they hold the high bar on ethics. I wonder how Kevin Yard feels about that high bar on ethics, who was drummed out of the party because of that. This is a party that elected a leader because nobody else wanted to get into the race. But now we're finding out that there was never going to be a race because the decks were clear. The next question, Member for Thunder Bay, Superior North. Thank you, Speaker. 21 days ago, the government received a report on the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. The report states, and I quote, the Premier of Ontario and his cabinet have yet to meet even the basic needs of people with disabilities. Adding insult to injury, the AOD Alliance, a group concerned with implementing the act, has met with every Premier since the AODA was passed. In 2015, 2005, but not this Premier. Speaker, will, through you, will the Premier commit to meeting with the Alliance and immediately work to fully implement the AODA? Let's get in there. Thank you, Member Opposite. The important question, Mr. Speaker, nothing without us, our Accessibility community, because their voice heard. This is why people with disabilities are involved in the design, evolution of program and service delivery in Ontario. Their voice met us. We welcome the feedback from Richard Sullivan to improve accessibility across Ontario. Under the leadership of this Premier, we are the first provincial government to have a ministry and cabinet position dedicated to advancing accessibility in Ontario. We are building more accessibility in Ontario together. Thank you. Thank you. I hope that there will actually be a date then made with the AOD Alliance as soon as possible. Each five-year review has expressed grave concerns about the lack of progress implementing the AODA. The third review in 2019 by the late Honourable David Onley called the experience of Ontarians with disabilities soul-crushing. And the current review says that after 17 years of inaction, any excuse to delay is laughable and wildly insulting. Speaker, will the Premier tell the 3 million Ontarians with a disability what he is doing to ensure Ontario is fully accessible by the target year of 2025? Great question. Thank you to the Honourable Member for that question. When David Onley gave me his report on the OADA, he told me, Raymond, the number one thing you can do to create more accessible Ontario is to help people with disabilities get meaningful jobs. I want to thank my good friend, Minister of Labour for the investment into Skills Development Fund. We are making sure that the people with disabilities have the right programs, services and training to find meaningful jobs. When it comes to leadership here, there is no better advocate for accessibility than this Premier. Thank you. Thank you, Speaker. I want to ask the Government Health Theatre a question after that clinic you put on this morning. My constituents want me to ask a question for the Minister of Finance. As global events, high interest rates and ongoing supply chain issues contribute to worldwide economic uncertainty, we are experiencing the effects here in Ontario. While Canada's inflation rate is easing, it's still stubbornly high and we know that people are struggling. We remain in a time of elevated inflation that is straining household budgets by driving up prices on everyday goods and services. People across Ontario are looking to our Government to put forward measures that will provide them with direct help and support. Can the Minister please explain how our Government is working on behalf of Ontarians during these uncertain economic times? Thank you, Speaker, and thank you to the hardworking and amazing member from Brampton, Martin. We all know that these are challenging economic times. As we navigate this uncertainty, one thing I have absolute confidence in is the resilience of Ontario's workers, businesses, families and its people. Ontario is proven time and again that together we can overcome any obstacle that's in our way. And our Government has a responsible plan. Our plan to build Ontario is supporting families, workers and businesses while laying a strong fiscal foundation for the future. We are continuing to take a targeted approach after unprecedented investments in response to the pandemic. Now is the time for our Government to be prudent and responsible while investing in the priorities for today and planning for the future. Thank you, Speaker, and thank you to the Parliamentary Assistant for that excellent response. It was so good I got another question for him. It's reassuring that our Government's focusing on actions and investments that will support individuals, families, seniors and businesses. Because of the reckless policies of the previous Liberal Government supported by the NDP, Ontario's Government has decided to continue with forward-looking and solution-oriented approaches to successfully navigating our province through this period of economic uncertainty. With Ontario's growing population, diverse workforce and in abundance of natural resources we are well positioned in many areas for continued economic growth and prosperity. Can the Parliamentary Assistant please explain the priorities of our Government's economic vision for the future? Thank you for that fantastic question from a fantastic member. What I can say is over the past couple of years, Ontario and the rest of the world faced a once-in-a-generation challenge unlike any in our lifetimes. We have a strong plan for Ontario by being fiscally prudent and responsible we can overcome any challenge that comes our way. That's why I will be proud to be in this chamber tomorrow for the future of Ontario. Ontario's plan to build is a responsible, targeted approach to help people and businesses. This is a long-term economic vision. We are making the investments that we need today while laying a strong fiscal foundation for future generations. Thank you. The next question. The member for Key White Law. Today is World Water Day. Access to clean water is a basic human right. Children like 4-year-old Kate from North Caribbean Lake First Nation face serious medical issues and even have to be met backed out to a hospital to treat their skin conditions. Premier will Ontario commit to studying the long-term health effects of boil water advisories to help children like Kate. Mr. the Environment, Conservation and Parks. Thank you, Speaker and thank you to the member for that question, important question on World Water Day. Our government is proud of our record in keeping Ontario's drinking water safe for all Ontarians. We have comprehensive legislation and a regulatory framework including the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Clean Water Act, the Health Protection and Promotion Act. We know water on reserves do not fall under that. It falls under federal legislation having said that. That's not good enough. It falls under federal government and with Indigenous communities. It was this government that for the first time ever in the mandate of Walkerton and the Ontario Clean Water Agency included a mandate to engage with Indigenous communities. I'm pleased to say members of the Ontario Clean Water Agency and Walkerton have been in a number of Indigenous communities on a 24-7 basis working with Indigenous water operators and the federal government supported by the NDP to just pass the buck. We're leaning in, working with Indigenous communities. Thank you, Speaker. Supplementary question. Not everyone has access to clean drinking water. Everyone here, all you do is snap your fingers if you want clean drinking water and you cannot use jurisdiction as an excuse not to do anything. Recently, Indigenous Health Researcher Jeffrey Anselos found a correlation between drinking water advisories and suicide in First Nations. Ontario has the highest rate of long-term drinking advisories long-term drinking water advisories and then one of the highest rates of suicide in First Nations in Canada. We live it in Kiwetno. What is Ontario doing to protect First Nations youth from the serious effects associated with lack of access to clean drinking water? Thank you, Speaker. Again, I appreciate the question from the member opposite. I don't think they heard when I said we're not passing the buck as previous governments have done supported by the NDP 99% of the time. The member asked what we're doing. If we're going to be intellectually honest with ourselves on the challenge, a lot of it stems from lack of water operation. And we know the federal government this was indigenous communities that said to the federal government pay us a fair wage. We supported them. What has Ontario done? Well as of June 2022 168 operators 116 managers, supervisors have been trained at no cost to indigenous communities. This was never done by the previous Liberal government. Our government standing up working at no cost with them. If the member opposite has any specific communities he feel are not benefiting from that training let me know and we'll make sure we have water operators there to work with them. Mr. Saga Aaron Mills Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Minister of Labor Immigration, Training and Skills Development. The commitment by Premier and this Minister to advance protection for workers continuously demonstrated with measures that support them and help to build Ontario for the next generation. Across our province thousands of brave men and women are military reservists with Canadian armed forces. These individuals go above and beyond their regular jobs a normal work day to selflessly answer the call of duty in service of our country both at home and abroad. Reservists should not face an uncertain future when they return to their civilian job after deployment. Speaker, can the Minister please explain what our government is doing to support our military reservists? The Minister of Labor Immigration, Training and Skills Development Great, thank you very much Mr. Speaker and I want to thank the MPP from Mrs. Saga Aaron Mills for this really important question. The Government under the leadership of Premier Ford is standing with her military reservists and their families. On Monday I introduced our third Working for Workers Act. This bill creates a new job protected leave for military heroes who need time to recover from physical injuries or mental trauma. Anyone who is willing to drop everything to help their neighbours should be rewarded and not punished. They deserve the peace of mind that their civilian jobs will be given to them. Speaker, I'm proud that our reservist leave will be the most flexible and comprehensive in the country. Our government is going to continue working for the workers of Ontario and I look forward to answering more in the supplementary. Thanks. Thank you Thank you Speaker and thanks for the Minister for their response. Since day one our government has been working for workers and is continuing to lead the country with groundbreaking protections. It is a fact that the way people work has changed. The dynamic has shifted from in office work to another formats. In 2022 1.4 million people in Ontario were working remotely and 800,000 were working hybrid jobs. We need greater certainty when starting a new job that they have been giving information about the nature of their job before they start their first shift. It is vital that the regulations and employment standards keep up with the new reality. Can the Minister please explain how our government is ensuring that our labour laws reflect the changing world of work? Minister of Labour I want to thank the member for Mrs. Hogg-Erin Mills again for this question and his leadership standing up for workers in his riding. Thank you. Remote workers who don't have a desk in the office are just as valuable to our economy and they shouldn't be treated as second class workers. That is why our government is changing our employment standards laws to ensure they receive the same enhanced severance payments during mass layoffs as their in office work. We also know that asking your boss questions on day one of a new job can be daunting especially for young workers, newcomers and those in precarious roles. To protect their workers where requiring employers provide them basic information on their role and how much they'll be paid before they actually start their first shift. Under the leadership of our Premier and our government we are re-balancing the scales and putting workers in the driver's seat. Thank you. The next question is for Hamilton West and Pastor Dundas. Thank you, Speaker. My question this morning is for the Premier. Today is World Water Day and the UN just released a frightening warning that without urgent climate action we risk leaving our children with a world that faces extreme weather events and regular flooding. But instead of urgent action your government is making things much, much worse. Unilaterally steamrolling the green bell and destroying wetlands that prevent flooding. So my question, Premier we already know your government is working to protect developers but why won't you honour treaty obligations and future generations of Ontarians by protecting our water? Mr. the Environment, Conservation and Parks Thank you, Speaker. Again, I appreciate the question from the member opposite. It's important that Ontarians know that we're very blessed to live in this province that has such robust standards for water, the Safe Drinking Water Act, Clean Water Act Health Protection and Promotion Act. It's unfortunate member opposite is choosing to politicise water rather than working with this government to make investments that protect water. That's why as a government, as I mentioned in the previous answer, we've worked at no charge to train water operators dealing with systemic challenges in training for water operators and Indigenous communities. That's why we're working in rural municipalities, the Ontario Clean Water Agency dealing with staffing and retention challenges there and that's why Speaker we're investing in the modern and critical infrastructure. That member said urgent action. That's why we've required updated monitoring and reporting in her own community to ensure that we're protecting water for generations to come and investing in the infrastructure, modern infrastructure to support those growing communities. Thank you, Speaker. The supplementary question is whether it's really unfortunate to hear the Ministry of Environment call when we raise issues about boiled water advisories and the climate crisis calling that politicisation. That's just foolhardy. So I would like to say this government has no credible climate plan, none whatsoever and obviously no clear provincial water strategy. I mean this is the government that fired scientists, muzzled the Greenbell Council and kneecapped conservation authorities in their important role in our watersheds. Watersheds that clean our water, protect endangered species and allow bodies of water to remain in the earth and not in our basements. So in the spirit of World Water Day back to the Premier what will you do today to protect the Greenbell and its watershed for our future generations of young people? Mr. natural resources and forestry. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. You know this government is doing more around wetlands than any government has done previously. Mr. Speaker, the previous government backed up by the opposition resided over the loss of wetlands in Ontario. Tens of thousands of hectares gone. This government has a different approach. This government has an approach where we want to expand wetlands in Ontario, expand natural features in Ontario. We are going to do that Mr. Speaker. The other previous government could not do it would not do it. The opposition continues to talk a game that they can't back up. We're doing it. We're getting it done. We're protecting wetlands in Ontario. Question, the member for Ottawa Thank you Mr. Speaker. I have a question for the Premier. I want to talk about the art industry that plays an important role in our everyday life. Whether we realize it or not all those moments we're not working we're somehow consuming our well-being and the economy. We know that the art industry has suffered incredibly during the pandemic but it's still struggling to recover. Just because we are in a post-pandemic economy doesn't mean our artists don't need our support anymore. The current high inflation makes it particularly difficult for artists to continue their work let alone expand. With the new budget coming out people have been reaching out to express their concerns about proposed cuts. They've been writing to the Minister of Finance and also to the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sports so they know about it. How is it reasonable to encourage youth to get educated to follow their dreams while cutting funding in venues they could earn a living with? Will this government ensure the survival of creative industries and support the artists who drives them? Mr. Tourism, Culture and Sport Thank you very much for the question and I appreciate it as timely and I will express a little, a couple thoughts afterwards but I'll get to the point and cut to the chase. The Ontario Arts Council funding is being maintained at the current levels for the upcoming year. So worrying about cuts at this point isn't what we are talking about.  The arts are cherished by this ministry and this government. It extends into tourism, certainly culture and makes a huge impact on all demographics from kids and schools to be able to go out and experience art to experience the artists that are delivering it and we understand from a cultural police it has played a huge role in Ontario's growth. Billions and billions of dollars are spent in tourism and because of the arts will get even stronger. Thank you Mr. Speaker. The funding in Ontario has stayed the same over the last few years while in BC in Quebec we've seen significant increase so maybe we should take note. The association of French writers in Ontario as well as the Arts Council are working relentlessly to make sure that we keep going with exhibitions and visual arts in Ontario. Their work is essential for growth and vitality of a sector that contributes to our to our economy cuts that are going to be put in place or the same budget that's going to be which is not enough is very concerning for Francophone communities in Ontario who depend on the funding of arts to promote and preserve our language and culture. We have progressed a lot on the Francophone file. We have to keep expanding our Francophone culture but without the necessary funding we won't be able to do it so will the government commit to ensure the vitality of Francophone culture in Ontario by maintaining the funding in Ontario? Mr. Tourism again thank you again for the question Mr. Speaker I'll go back a little bit in time since 2018 we have invested over 1.1 billion dollars in arts, culture through the ministry program this includes nearly 340 million for the OAC in the OAC we address all art we don't single things out specifically at Francophone Art and that world is very important to us and we've addressed it we talk in terms with respect to our government of supporting all not just defining one the impact within tourism as I said earlier the cultural piece what it does to communities and helps building communities that participate not only actually participate in the arts and the delivering of it but those that enjoy it and support it and drives the revenue and builds communities building communities is part of what we do and what we focus on and the culture and our response sector is very important and will continue to be important Mr. Speaker to this government the next question the member for St. Marie thank you very much Mr. Speaker my question is for the Minister of Northern Development under the previous liberal government workers in northern rural and remote communities to help abandon manufacturing plants closed jobs were destroyed and the local economy in many communities my own included was devastated year after year the Liberals and the NDP chose to focus on urban issues instead of listening to the needs and the concerns that are important to the people across northern Ontario communities across the north are counting on our government to promote economic and community development the north is right with opportunities Mr. Speaker for creating employment as well as promoting economic and community development and modernizing business operations it is not just a beautiful place with beautiful and amazing people Speaker can the Minister please explain how our government is investing in Ontario's northern communities to promote opportunities for good paying jobs Minister of Northern Development Thank you Mr. Speaker and I want to thank the member from Sault Ste. Marie he does a fantastic job in that city making sure that industry in Sault Ste. Marie is on the cutting edge and that's exactly what these kinds of announcements are focused on Mr. Speaker the computer numerical control lathe is like no other it's accuracy and timing consumption factor sounds kind of technical but basically allows them to do more work at a larger scale projects Mr. Speaker including building much needed locomotive trains Mr. Speaker putting northern Ontario into a sector more actively than it's ever been this is the kind of technology Mr. Speaker that isn't just protecting jobs it's creating new high tech jobs in the manufacturing sector in northern Ontario that walked out the door under the previous government we're back Mr. Speaker a great member from Sault Ste. Marie who's protecting and creating jobs in his city and we couldn't be more pleased to support him thank you supplementary question Thank you again Mr. Speaker and thank you again Minister for that wonderful response it is welcome news to hear that our government is focused on supporting the north and investing in communities like mine of Sault Ste. Marie and Mr. Speaker let me say through you to this house our government has been so incredibly committed to supporting communities like mine across the north but just in my own community I can say Minister has been in my writing I can't even count how many times Premier has been to the right I can't even count how many times and it's just such a welcome thing for our community to see these investments and the real attention that this government is putting in our community and northern Ontario unlike the previous liberal government because our government is optimistic and our funding is very very critical to contribute to building our local and regional economies Speaker can the Minister please explain how investments by our government will continue to help businesses in my writing to prosper Thank you Mr. Speaker I just had a chance to speak about SIS manufacturing corporation and what a busy business quarter we had at the northern Ontario Heritage Fund targeting investments in Sault Ste. Marie Mr. Speaker because as it flows from things like a new electric art furnace new capacities to narrow us to build state of the art pipeline networks for our country and parts beyond Mr. Speaker we also supported a company called Apex Cranes now Apex Cranes was able to leverage our investment to purchase an alliance 38M concrete pumper truck now this will provide new vertical and horizontal reach for larger scale construction projects now that's twice I've said that about Sault Ste. Marie larger scale construction projects as it prepositioned itself to be a world-class steel manufacture Mr. Speaker and centre of mining processing Mr. Speaker we're making sure Sault Ste. Marie is in the best position possible to realize its optimal value Thank you Mr. Speaker Thank you Thank you Speaker my questions to the Premier while families across the province are waiting for $10 day child care this government's low wage policies threaten the program already child care centres across Ontario are having to close rooms and limit enrollment due to staffing challenges families are on waitlist that are growing experts have said Ontario needs to provide 1,000 ECEs and child care staff by 2026 the association of early childhood educators Ontario has urged this government to implement a province wide salary scale for registered ECEs and child care staff to address staffing issues why is the government refusing to do so Mr. Speaker we signed a deal with the federal government that is now delivering a 50% reduction in fees to the province $8,000 to $12,000 per child for every child they have in a child care centre that is a huge achievement and step forward we also committed to build 86,000 spaces in the province to meet the needs the growing needs of child care Mr. Speaker 46,000 spaces have been created to date we also agree we need more staff as we grow demand we reduce fees and increase access to a affordable child care system for parents in this province it's why we increased wages each and every year of this agreement by $1 per hour with a floor now imposed in the sector we know there's more to do it's why the government launched a workforce consultation with those stakeholders and many others and I will note the irony of the democrat speaker who advocate for affordability but who would have excluded 70,000 for profit families in this province we'll stand up for all of them Mr. Speaker we are losing more child care educators than we can train and this government has not done much beyond committing to expanding training opportunities the average ECE in Ontario spends just 3 years working in the sector Ontario will not be able to offer $10 a day child care without child care workers the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care says none of the strategies the government has put on the table will work until we deal with the low wages will the minister listen to experts and take action to address the staffing shortage by paying child care workers fair wages Mr. Speaker first of all for all ECEs working within our schools just in the QP deal alone they're eligible of over 4% increases for the next 4 years that's a huge advantage 31,000 spaces under our government were created within our publicly funded school system so significant amount of ECEs the member opposite speaks about are benefiting from wage enhancement the fair deal we signed with QP for the rest of the sector we launched a consultation with the aim of incentivising those workers to stay it's why in the deal with the feds we announced a $1 per hour increase each and every year a minimum a floor that didn't exist in the sector rising wages for those that were on the lower end of that scale we're going to continue to step up to support the workers but most especially the families who now can afford child care a 50% reduction a $8 to $12,000 reduction per child that's going to make a big difference as we save families money in this tough economy speaker next question the member for Ajax my question is for the associate minister of social and economic opportunity over the next six years Ontario's construction sector will need to hire 72,000 additional workers due to retirements and expected job growth however the reality is that women remain under represented in this growing sector unfortunately as in so many areas barriers are preventing women from achieving their full potential in the scale trades some of these obstacles include PPE and other equipment not tailored to women for women to safely and effectively perform their jobs they must be properly outfitted in such as uniforms boots and safety harnesses speaker can the associate minister please explain how our government is making workplace safer for women thank you Mr. Speaker and thank you to the PA of education especially for their work on seeing high school students take courses in technological classes but it's such an important advancement especially for the young girls who are going to be leaders in the steps Mr. Speaker I'm proud to be a part of a government that believes that women become economically empowered when they have the resources they need to be successful and part of women's safety and productivity in the workforce is ensuring that they have proper personal protective equipment currently the standard for PPE excludes women's bodies types which can compromise the effectiveness of the protective equipment and have unsafe consequences last week of Labor and Trades and I announced the systemic changes that will protect women in the trades and the working for workers legislation makes clear the requirement that PPE and clothing be properly fitted to workers with diverse body types workplaces that are safer and more equitable help increase women's participation in the workforce and these changes are going to thank you and the supplementary question Mr. Speaker and thank you to the Associate Minister for that response in Ontario there are 500,000 construction workers just a small percentage of those are women unfortunately for women who work in the skilled trades they are frequently exposed to lack of or poorly maintained washroom facilities at their work sites this is unacceptable and it isn't for women wanting to take up careers in the skilled trades it's very important that women are provided with the supports they need to work safely and comfortably in this instance it's ensuring that washrooms for female workers on job sites are adhering to equitable workplace health and safety standards Speaker can the Associate Minister please elaborate on what measures our government is implementing that will ensure safety and equity the Associate Minister Thank you Mr. Speaker and thank you again to the member from AJAX for the question Mr. Speaker I've travelled across Ontario listening to women's stories and have learned of women's washrooms being inaccessible for female staff this is unacceptable especially because only 1 in 10 construction workers in Ontario are women if we want to attract more women to these well paying and rewarding careers we need to make sure that all sites are safer and equipped with appropriate resources Ontario is proposing to require women's only washrooms on construction sites and we're also improving washrooms by requiring them to be completely enclosed having adequate lighting hand sanitizer where water is running water is not accessible or possible and we're doubling the number of toilets on job sites to reduce the distance between washroom facilities these proposed regulatory amendments will meet labour demands and bring better jobs and better pig chats for women on these job sites in Ontario because when women succeed Ontario next question the member for London West Thank you Mr. Speaker my question is to the Premier in the last year 50,000 more people left Ontario than have arrived at a level we have never seen before in this province most are young adults aged 25 to 35 who can't afford to save for home on the salaries they are making and that includes demoralized disrespected London West nurses Nicole Forster and Lindsay Smale Speaker instead of standing by as nurses like Nicole and Lindsay leave Ontario for good will the Premier stop fighting nurses in court over the unconstitutional Bill 124 wage cap and start actually fixing the housing affordability crisis Mr. Speaker there's a lot in that question so on the housing side we have a housing supply action plan which we brought in starting in 2008 and the opposition is of course not in favour of that but in the next few weeks talking about how we want to build more homes across the province of Ontario and then the NDP asked one question at the beginning of question period to suggest we should stop building homes and then towards the end of question period ask another one if we can build more homes so I'm not sure what it is that they actually want at this point but here's the thing that we are doing we are going to build more homes for all of the people in the province of Ontario and health care and health care resource now I can tell you that because of the extraordinary work of the Minister of Colleges and Universities we have more people entering the health care field than at any time in our province's history and it's so needed because of the massive amount of investments that we're doing in health care look in long-term care I need 27,000 additional health care workers and thanks to the work of the Minister of Colleges and Universities we're getting it done supplement your question the member for Niagara Centre through you to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing AMO representing Ontario's 444 municipalities recently released an op-ed stating the homelessness crisis in Ontario is not just an unfortunate situation it is the outcome of decades of policy decisions and poor choices made by successive Ontario governments the homelessness crisis that calls out for intelligent and coordinated action on the part of the province this Ontario government ranks dead last of all provinces in per capita spending on services will this government change course acknowledge Ontario's homelessness crisis and accept AMO's offer to work with the province and municipal governments to end homelessness the Associate Minister of Housing Thank you very much Speaker and I thank my honourable colleague for the very important question we brought three older programs legacy programs and combined it into a new programs the homelessness prevention program to streamline the process so that service managers spend less time on paperwork and more on helping the people of Ontario who need support we also increase the funding of this program for the province for the province on our side we have been very clear that we are in a housing supply crisis in our province and it hurts on our most vulnerable it hurts everyone across the board we are working towards solutions to make sure that we increase the supply across the province it is only the opposition that continuously opposes housing in this province depends on what time and question period there are four housing at some point during question period thank you Order next question the member for Renfrew, Nipissing Pembroke thank you Speaker my question is to the minister of mines Ontario is incredibly fortunate to be home to tremendous mineral wealth the mining industry in Ontario generates more than 10 billion dollars in annual mineral production and supports 75,000 direct and indirect jobs in our province we know how vital this industry is and how much more important it will become as the world transitions to electric vehicles and other clean technologies however in order to maintain and increase our competitive advantage in all phases of the mining processes regulatory requirements must keep pace with industry needs in order to secure minerals safely and effectively can the minister please explain what our government is doing to secure Ontario's position as a global leader of responsibly sourced critical minerals Minister of Mines thank you for the question Mr. Speaker from my colleague who works nonstop for his writing Mr. Speaker we are building a supply chain from critical minerals to manufacturing electric vehicles that will create jobs and economic opportunities across the province but it all starts with mining we launch the critical mineral strategy that attacks challenges in our sector through investing and cutting red tape our strategic investments in exploration and innovation help the brilliant people in our workforce find the mines in the future and solve mining challenges we won't stop there Mr. Speaker that's why I introduced the Building More Mines Act that if passed would reduce regulatory burden to save companies time and money this would create business certainty and draw in more investment to the sector we were happy to see the opposition support this bill at second reading and we encourage them to continue to do so what to do what to do what is right for this province by continuing thank you very much and the supplementary question thank you speaker and I want to thank the minister for his response it is great to know that our government is seeking to implement solutions that will lead to future growth and investment in the mining sector under the leadership of our premier and this minister the mining sector is strong and innovative in large part this success is due to our government's ability to collaborate with industry and local partners to promote economic development opportunities during the second reading debate of this bill we heard the opposition raise questions about the overall effectiveness of these amendments and how these would be received by the mining industry and its leaders speaker can the minister please provide information about how the mining industry is responding to the proposed amendments in our building more mines act Minister of mines thank you again Mr. Speaker for the question and with pleasure Mr. Speaker I recently visited Glencore's world-class kid creek mine with my colleagues the associate minister of transportation this critical minerals mine is a world-class operation that is over 10,000 feet deep and is the closest you can get to the years core anywhere in the world Rayden Timmons I spoke to management at Glencore and they told us how much they appreciated having a government that solves problems to keep this sector competitive listen to what Peter Xavier a vice president of Glencore had to say about our bill the improvement of processes within the ministry of mines will strengthen our Ontario operations to facilitate their expansion Mr. Speaker that means more jobs in ridings across the north including those being represented by the members opposite we encourage all members of this house to support our bill because it cannot take 15 years to build a mine if we are going to secure the supply chain for critical minerals next question the member for Toronto St. Paul's thank you speaker this question is to the premier renters are spending 30% 50% or more of their income on rent many of them in St. Paul's are juggling multiple jobs to scrape together 2,500 a month or more for one bedroom some cannot work and are relying on ODSP or ODS poverty I should say that more accurately you know it describes what this government has done to many folks on ODSP in my community seniors low income and young family renters like most at 55 Brownlow Young and at Gunton area a rent control building targeted to be demolished are terrified of being priced out of our St. Paul's neighbourhood especially if or when bill 23 threats to municipal rental replacement bylaws come to light my question to the premier will you commit today to protect tenants with real rent control and guaranteed rental replacement please and thank you the associate minister thank you very much speaker and thank you very much for the question let me be clear once again there has not been a government in this province for the past 7 years that has provided more protections for tenants than this government has speaker we protected tenants through bill 184 we put in various measures to protect tenants unfortunately the opposition voted against every single one of those measures when the red increased guideline currently that set at 2.5 we maxed it at 2.5 well below inflation it would have been over 5% if we hadn't taken action last year we capped it at 2.1% we have continuously said we are in a housing supply crisis in this province and it affects everyone the opposition doesn't seem to understand that we need to increase supply so that everyone in Ontario has a home that needs their needs and their budgets they may not care for it we will the supplementary question thank you speaker and to the folks of St. Paul's watching the 4th government has just denied us once again my question is to the premier 2500 a month for rent is unaffordable for vulnerable communities they are one demoviction notice away from being unhoused just ask the folks again at 55 Brownlow 121 units afraid that they'll be homeless in a matter of time ask the folks at 170 Roe Hampton 1233 Yonge Street 2157 2153 Vaughn Road and at least a dozen more on counting hundreds of rental purpose units are being lost they are being lost government with no guarantee they'll be replaced thanks to the threats in bill 23 my question is back to the premier will you guarantee guarantee the demovicted renters have the first right of return with guaranteed rent control on all buildings for goodness sakes very much speaker and again I thank you for the question Mr. Speaker last year in 2022 we had a record number of purpose built rentals in this province Mr. Speaker the year before then Mr. Speaker again once again record number of housing starts in not only just overall but also for purpose built rentals Mr. Speaker when it comes to protection for tenants let me be clear once again bill 184 the member was here when we introduced it it was this member Mr. Speaker that putting protection for tenants across the board in this province what did the opposition do vote against it Mr. Speaker that's the same thing for opposition they'll continue to talk about one thing but when it comes to voting they'll vote against it until we introduce it and they'll vote against it therefore protection they'll talk about it but when it comes to actually putting the name behind it they'll vote against it that's not on this side of the house Mr. Speaker next question thank you speaker my question is for the Minister of Public and Business Service Delivery am I great writing of Thunder Bay Attic Colkin as in many communities across the north traveling to service Ontario centers can be challenging and inconvenient dealerships are negatively impacted by long wait times travel and overly all of these problems lead to loss of productivity delays and backlogs for users it is important that our government takes action to be proactive in finding innovative solutions that will cut red tape for businesses and make access to services faster and more efficient can the minister please explain how our government is expanding vehicle registration transactions Mr. Public Business Service Delivery thank you very much speaker and thank you to the good member for this question speaker it does not matter whether you live in downtown Timmins or downtown Toronto everyone has the right to expect the best service from this government that is why under the leadership of our premier this government is leveraging emerging technology and modernizing our provinces vehicle services with the automobile industry through the digital dealership registration since launching last March the digitization of the registration process became a monumental shift for the industry speaker I'm happy to inform the member that the second phase of this program 300 participating dealerships are already registering new passenger vehicle with new license plates including electric and used vehicles Ontarians can rest assure that this government will never stop working to make their life easier and our services more accessible thank you very much that concludes our question period for this morning