Our next presentation has a very interesting name. Won't you agree, Kethi? Yes, indeed, Apur. Its name is Kodzilla, the friendly auto grader. And it is under the mentorship of Prof. Avnash Aote. So we are all used to being tested on programming courses through interpreting the results of the complex code written by the faculty or through multiple choices questions. Now, here is an opportunity to get evaluated on what we learn by writing programs. So, can we please have them on stage? I'm Monica Jain and here are my team members, Prabhatakarwal, Neha Sangheneria, Manvi Mukharya. And we all have gathered here to present before you all Kodzilla, the friendly program grader. There's a very famous saying by Steve Jobs, that everyone should learn to program a computer because it teaches you how to think. So think, what can best assist you in learning to program? It's Kodzilla. I'm pleased to present before you Kodzilla, the friendly program grader which is going to revolutionize the way of learning. Initially, we used to read by big fat books and long tutorials, but we could not follow because we could not practice along. But here with Kodzilla, you can practice all the questions from the basics to the very advanced levels. The roadmap of our presentation goes like this. First, we will see the demo so that we can get acquainted with the website. Then we'll see what is Kodzilla, the different types of questions it provides. Then we'll see a walkthrough, features, learnings and future scopes. Friends, the programmers of tomorrow are like the wizards of the future.  So let's boost your powers by having a demo by solving the question on Kodzilla. I'll invite all of you to solve a question along with us. So friends, here's a question for you. The question basically is, the user enters a sequence of 1's and 0's and whenever the user enters a number other than 1 and 0, the loop will terminate and the sequence you get, the program has to calculate the sequence, the occurrence of this sequence 1, 0, 1, 0. Okay, you can go through the question and help us in solving the question. Do you want me to read the question? I think you got the question. You have to just complete the program. The question is, the user is going to enter 1's and 0's in a sequence and whenever he enters a number other than 1 and 0, the loop will terminate and the sequence you get, you have to calculate the occurrence of the sequence 1, 0, 1, 0 in it. So this is half written, you have to complete the program. Basically, Preflin counts the length of the substring of the 1, 0, 1, 0 that you have got. Suppose you have not got anything, it will be 0, you get 1, it will be 1, you get 1, 0, it will be 2, you get 1, 0, 1, it will be 3 and if you get 1, 0, 1, 0, it will be 4. So that's why it has been written that way. So first we see if we have read an A, if it's 0, we are switching over Preflin. So now we have to fill what should be the cases such that it prints the total count of the sequence 1, 0, 1, 0 in the input sequence. I'll like you to participate. That is what you have to update to complete the program. There are more blanks. You wanted to zoom in. Anyone for the first blank? This is easy. I fill this one for you because we have not seen our Preflin is 0. We have seen a 0, so our sequence doesn't start with 0. So we don't do anything. So just 9 blanks. Just 9 blanks. Now can you guess the next blank? Preflin plus plus. I'll fill this one. It will show you because you are not interested then. You break. Anyone? Preflin 0 break. Correct. The next blank anyone? Yes. What was that sound of the tuna? Next. Next blank. No, this blank. It will just show you now how we can solve A0. So now we can submit. There is a Dichaten. So here we get 100 percent correct. There were two test cases both which you have got correct. Now if you want to compile, we can compile. And we get the here. Compilation successful. Yes sir, if there is another solution it will be accepted. Because basically just compiling executing their input cases. So this is a program. So yes, like without Preflin equals to 2. So because if you have to solve this way, sometimes we need to understand others code also. That's why this code has been given an incomplete form. So that you can understand what other wants to do and write. Just writing your own code doesn't let you because half of the time we have to see others code then only we learn. That's why writing always our own code is not good. That's why this is an example where the teacher can present the student with half written code so that he can fill and understand and fill the rest part of the code. So you can create question also. That will be showing you just now. This is just a demo. So now we move to the presentation. As we saw in the demo, this is a programming website where you can master any language from very basics to any advanced level. Here you can find questions to test your basic knowledge like syntax, like declarations and all. And very complex questions can also be there here. And the uniqueness about Codzilla is basically you can convert any question which exists to this autograder format. That is the uniqueness. Any question which you have can be converted into a format which can be hosted on our website. Also here you can create a question as well as solve a question. So at the same time you can act as a teacher, you can introduce questions, you can create questions in your private bank or public bank, and you can also solve the questions. The different types of questions which are present on Codzilla are there are total six types. First is the compile with no warning, then compile with no error, executing with return value, executing with standard output, executing with standard error, executing with standard input and output. Let's see the description of all these six types. Okay, so the first type is compile with no warning. In such type of questions, basically we test whether you know how to declare different types of data types or not. And the code is just compiled on very high level warning. So your syntax has to be perfectly correct so that you get full marks. Otherwise your score will be zero. Next type is compile with no error. Such type of questions are compiled, but they are not compiled with high level warning. So in such type of questions, warnings are allowed. So if even your program generates some warning, you will be getting correct score. The next type is executing with return value. In such type of questions, the teacher gives the students a piece of code to write and basically in the question only the teacher has to see whether the answer of the student is correct or not and accordingly he returns a value from his program, which is zero for a correct answer and one for wrong. Now the next three type of questions will be explained by Mangi. This type is executing with standard output. Here teacher will provide a code or he will ask the student to write a piece of code and student have to validate the provided code and should print the standard error stream which will contain the error provided by the code. So here the teacher should provide the error in the output file or he can provide as a text output. This six type is executing with standard input and output file. Here teacher will himself provide the input cases and output test cases and he can also specify the percentage marks for each of the test pieces. The teacher can also specify the percentage marks for each of the test cases and also the student can write a program or can write a piece of code and then he will be able to test whether the particular test case is satisfied or not. This is the ER diagram. Basically this shows the scheme of our database. Here most importantly we have four tables like users, questions, submissions and topics. Now each of the user can create a question and has submissions. Now each question will have question ID and will have many submissions and each question will belong to several topics. Now these topic IDs will also be stored in the question table so basically there is a relationship between each and every table and we can join many tables and query out the results. The various features of our website which are distinctly done are it covers all kind of questions. As I told previously also the uniqueness of Godzilla is basically any question can be converted to this Godzilla format. So the most significant feature is it covers all kinds of questions. Next you can compile and run with custom inputs. You can provide your test cases and you can check it. Then there is the facility of partial grading. Depending upon how many test cases you pass the partial grading is done. Also you can view your submissions and then you can create questions with the upload facility. You can also upload the files while creating questions. And also another distinct feature is the topic free which you will see in the walkthrough of the website. Okay now we have a walkthrough of our site so we will create a question for you and show you how you can create a question on Godzilla. We will be creating this question now. We can see like many times these questions are set in all programming online courses. But here we have to give the options which give the users the chance to cheat and guess. But here we are asking him for a direct answer. Suppose like here if anyone wants to guess the answer if I write it and then we will show how we can create this question very easily using our auto grader. So you can see this is the answer and we can submit if we got 100 marks. And if the user submits anything else we got a round answer. Now we will go to create question. Now this is how we can create a question on our site. So here first we select whether the question belongs to public or private and then we select the topics from this topic free. I think so there is a bug. So here we will show how we can create question. So we are selecting data type topic. Then we go next. Then this question it is here we select whether which type of question we want. I am selecting executing with the turn value and we can select the complexity because the score of the question depends what complexity you use. I am selecting easy. And let us use a title. And here is a description which is optional. So we go next. Here is the creator's view where the teacher can write his question. And this is the student's view which what the student will see. Now I have a file which I will use to write this. This is the code we just saw. We can paste it here. Now because we want this part to be visible to the student we make it visible. And this is to be invisible. We do not want to see him that we have commented this. See as we are doing it this student section is being updated as we are doing this. So next we want to get the answer from the students. So we make this part invisible. Do not show him this part also. This part we make editable. This is how with the status. This is how the student section now looks. This is what we saw now. So this is how we can create question using this tool. I can submit a student section. So that is when the teacher is creating the question then I will zoom out. So this is so that he can see the both and decide like what is to be done. No there is a user login not student teacher login. Anybody can create question anybody can solve question. So that we will stop. This is what the student says. One thing we will stop. Anybody can create a question. This right hand side is what the student says. No sir. No sir. We can show. We now we submit this. No but that is interesting because that is one thing we will consider. But if you are a student who is smart enough to write and see the course and answer the question probably you can answer it directly. If you are smarter than the student. Sir but there is no sir we can see this. This is what the student sees. Sir there is no answer. There is only the part that is visible is only visible. All part has been removed. So now we will show another type of question which will answer this time. Many times we see this convert to this and hexadecimal and to binary and decimal to hexadecimal. But then most of the times we get an option and again there is a guess work. So here we can use this tool to very easily create. So we can we have made it visible and not non editable 0x. So the student is bound to write a hexadecimal value. Anybody can guess the answer for the question. 63 let's see if you are correct. 63. This is? It's a simple question. 1 0 0 8. Decimal. Decimal to hexadecimal. Interesting. 36. 36. Let's see 64. So basically it's for practice. So if we cheat it's upon you. Wrong answer. 3a 0. 3a 0. It's the correct answer. Wow. So now we can see my submissions also. This is how user can see what are your summations. Anyone? And here is the all summations. Here what all the people who have submitted the question for this question will be visible. Then. So this is the system server time. Server time. And then we have a leaderboard. Which shows all users. And their ranks according to their scores. Highest rank. Because I have tested. So now we are moving to presentation. And this home page. This is our home page. So do visit our site and now have a move back to presentation. As of now we have C. Can be extended to all other languages. C plus plus is very easy. C C plus plus we have. And it will be extending it to Java. We will cover. We can cover any compilable language. Because we are using the compiler to test. Each question. Each question is a complete program. We just hide pieces of it. And show pieces of it. And then we compile. The language is okay. Interpreter I don't want to even look at. We will start with about 400 questions at least in C. Which I can guarantee. I am going to do that. These guys have created some 1890. Right? All of Dr. Fadak's question will come there. Unless you have said it is copyright. In a better format. Because for example what I ask them to take most of the questions were Dr. Fadak's questions by the way. That 1008 the question that was given in EDX. Was some number. What is the hexadecimal octal and binary. And then you gave four multiple choices. So even if I solve one I can do it. If I get the binary equivalent I don't have to get the octal and this thing. Because only one of the four is correct. The same question now I can ask by saying for this decimal number give me a binary equivalent give me octal equivalent give me hexadecimal equivalent. Instead of giving one mark for all three I can give one one one three months. Partial grading is possible. No it will take it. You can give zero zero zero three of zero also. It will take it because at the back end the way it is done is the integer i equal to which is hidden. So whatever you type 0x is there. Whatever you type there there is a semicolon which is hidden. Then the if the compiler fails you get zero. I don't care. No you are not correct. Because you accelerate the integer limit. Your program has to compile. So basically whatever you write the reason why we have given zero axis reason we have given zero axis because you should not do that. Everything that compiles for any anything which requires most of the thing will be write a function. Most of the code will be write a function. Almost all the program which I will create will have a correct function which will be hidden because there is something called static in C. You can't write all correct function and give me the answer because it is static. And it is after that. So GCC. All right. Most of the time I do not want to use standard input output. But about 10 percent of the cases will have standard input output. Most of your whatever you are given in EDX you keep writing write this, write this, write this and how many times this is written. I am not going to execute such programs at all. I will just show it to the user. But internally it will be slash, slash, slash, slash, slash. So there is no point in executing. All I will do is get you get you answer and check. If it is correct, if it is like a multiple choice question. So I don't have to execute that. The advantage is I really do not want any output kind of things. C in, C out want to avoid because all the questions that I create, I will create only in C. All the questions are valid for C programs. Except instead of the standard I have to do the other one. Java will come later that is certain. They have put Python there. I don't know why but I don't know whether I can do it. Whether the Python interpreter will allow me to take your input and tell me whether it is right or wrong. I can is probably simpler because my question can be simpler. Because it can interpret only that. For C I need to have a complete program to interpret. The most interesting thing they are not shown is that when you write a function before submission I will allow you to compile. You can correct your syntax errors. Then we will also allow you to give input in certain cases. If it is standard input, standard output that is the provision they have made. Where you can say I will give input and then type in whatever you want to give standard input and then you can test your program and find out what it produces. Is that right? Yes sir. I don't know. The test case. The tests are provided by that. That is only for the type. Type 6 question. No, but even for 4 and 5 5 will provide the output and error because there is no input. For the 6 types we will provide the input output files and then we can also set the weightage that he wants to give each test. For each test file you can have a weightage. For all those who went to the software quota software quota programming contest. That is what I told them they are working throughout the night. They could not get it to work. But my idea was that I should be able to do that complex contest using purely this. Because it is specifically you based on the it had a set of test files. Each test file had marks. But the problem is that some of the tests were creating standard error also. That is why there will be a failure. And most of the time I did not have output. The output code I gave them this is the test file and this is a log. So, I created log file. So, I may have to modify that a bit. But it can have any complex thing. Any programming can be done accordingly because it is so flexible. I can hide. I can hide. I can show you something just edit this. I just written a while thing where you just give the while loop and give the while condition that is all. Of course, I have done that all the time. And the interface is very very nice. You just open. No, we have. We have time out time. We have a time out of 2 minutes for each and but that is not like that we are monitoring the performance of an algorithm. I think we are talking about whether we are monitoring the performance of an algorithm. The performance is not being tested right now. So, the basic is being tested at the future which we have. What kind of malicious code you are talking about? The answer is right now secret. But we have taken care to see that not too much malicious things can be done. Obviously, you cannot stop malicious code. But to answer your correct question the sandboxing has not been done. Ask them to look at it. They do not have time. It will be done. But currently we have taken care. You start doing that. It will probably say what do you say? Most of the system come and say not allowed. What do you say? Not allowed means what? This is what you say. This is what you say. You should not say that. You should say no, no, no. You are trying something very bad. So, they do not know what you are checking. For malicious people you are not. For malicious entry you do not have to say what you are stopping. Just stop them. They think you are great. We have taken some care. Time out. Time out of two minutes. Sir, all this it will show there are some server problems. Then you can try it again. You will not get the responses the link fails. You have to submit again. Sir, the code is there.  Because there are my submissions. So, if the link fails the submission has been done. If the link fails after the submission has been done. You can always see that in the my submission page. And you can then use the submission. What you have done. You can see what our learnings are. Teamwork, quality code, deadlines, sleeplessness and as the technical work. CSS, bootstrap, JavaScript, jQuery, Java, JSP and serverless. Next plan? I don't know. There is no there next plan. It is my side. Next plan is to ask Dr. Phadrak and professor Suprakthi to publish it on the EDX page. That is the next plan. By that time I will get C++ and CUP. Students can use it for practice. The next plan is that is why they had given a thing for public and private. The next plan is to actually support a private question. Because industry can also use it. To test their people. Their prank has to be private. It has to be owned by them. Similarly, for the quiz also, Ekashiksha had given a provision for that. Similarly, if you want to use it for the quiz module of Ekashiksha where the time thing is there, that also can be put five questions single time. Once I have the private thing done, we can extend it to actual faculty. Currently it is student centric. It is only for practice. It will start basically with all kinds of basic stuff. Not your complicated stuff I will take from you only. Exactly. You need simple things. Rather than looking at your code and what it does. For example, your complex code which you gave which I got very irritated with and showed it to them. I had code curve. Set up the thing. It was a control loop in which they had given a switch. Inside the switch is modifying the control loop variable and you are asking some n number of questions with one mark. I was told I am irritated. In that kind of question, I will ask the question and ask it what is the value of the variable at each iteration. That is what your show was. First iteration means this variable is the second iteration. Which case is done, which switch is done. Now I can ask him to fill it up. Ask him one mark question of what is the answer. I can force him to execute each iteration and ask him when it reaches this point what are the variables. Fill it up. I can grade him on that how many answers he has got correct. I see it as an absolute limitless extension. The reason why I kept saying this is the ultimate because there is nothing else you can do. Excuse me sir. That is the end of our presentation. Thank you for listening. Thank you all for the applause. Thank you. Thank you.


It is now time for all questions. I recognize the leader of the official opposition Speaker media reports from last night have raised concerning questions about the premier standards for cabinet ministers According to multiple reports Female a female staffer working for the then opposition conservatives came forward with a complaint of sexual misconduct concerning the minister of finance and According to one report she was paid a financial settlement shortly thereafter and signed a nondisclosure agreement Was the premier aware of this and if so what action has he taken? For you mr. Speaker, there was a thorough third-party investigation. There wasn't a shred of evidence whatsoever Supplementary The premier stated emphatically this week that he has zero tolerance tolerance for sexual misconduct and that he will always act decisively to deal with it So will the premier allow for an independent investigation of these allegations? It seems to us that and others have said that the same that when there's a nondisclosure agreement There's obviously something there that people don't want to have disclosed. So I asked the Premier will he have an independent investigation called and asked the minister to step aside while it's being conducted Premier through you mr. Speaker and to the leader of the opposition. I have 100% confidence in Minister Fidelli And again a third-party investigation took place which the leader of the opposition was well aware of just playing politics But what I find ironic that you would actually take a person in my opinion has zero credibility Patrick Brown That lacks credibility is shameful that the MDP are siding with someone that would go after and claim That one of our ministers when they came out publicly and said she had mental health Issues you would actually believe a person like that. You would actually take that person side. That's disgusting That is absolutely disgusting that you would side with someone like Our mind members to please make their comments through the chair Start the clock supplementary Last week the Premier said that any staff person who comes forward will be protected and that he would take any allegations seriously reports Indicate that serious allegations have been made Will the Premier allow for an independent investigation of these allegations and ask the minister to step aside Well, it's being conducted For you, Mr. Speaker serious allegations serious allegations from Patrick Brown Wow, you got to be kidding with zero credibility You actually have the nerve mr.  What does it say when someone has the courage to come up and speak out? Now the chance I'll tell you what Patrick Brown's done. He's brought a super strong team together even stronger The media came out Question the leader of the opposition Thank you, Speaker I want to return to the Premier concerning his expectations and standards for his cabinet team in the message that that sends to the province Over the last two weeks there have been serious questions raised about how the Complaints of sexual misconduct for the premier has stated all complaints need to be dealt with seriously They also need to be dealt with Transparency why is the Premier unwilling to call for an independent investigation into these serious allegations? Well again in case the leader of the opposition didn't hear me four other times There was a thorough investigation a thorough investigation with zero evidence And when the media even comes out yesterday and said there's no evidence I'll even listen to the media but for for the leader of the opposition to bring this up in the house and Start playing politics with someone's life is pretty serious I stand shoulder-to-shoulder with my minister of finance We're still going to be working through that shameful disgusting and you should be apologizing Two weeks ago the Premier said that the member for Simcoe Gray had left cabinet and PC the PC caucus for health reasons Then it emerged that he in fact was asked to leave Following an allegation of sexual misconduct the Premier then claimed that he would take all Allegations seriously and urged people to come forward that seemed to be what happened in this case But the Premier is saying he refuses to take these particular allegations seriously Why is the Premier refusing to call a transparent? independent Investigation whereby the information is given to all people who are interested Because this is the minister of finance that we're talking about speaker You mr. Premier This just shows the lack of integrity in this house It shows the lack of integrity through the leader of the NDP these Accusations again that happened a long time ago. It was thoroughly investigated by a third party Zero evidence came out there was an a shred of evidence and again to politicize this and Listening to a guy like Patrick Brown. You've got to be kidding me They've got to be kidding me someone that wants to attack someone and saying that they fake mental illness You know you got to think about that leader of the opposition should look around this room Maybe other people of faith and so-called faked it, you know That's a serious serious accusation and that you know something you want to talk about credibility There is no credibility on the other side of the opposition Speaker over the last week the Premier has been evasive about the standards that he expects from cabinet ministers and staff But this is a serious allegation That requires a serious response the allegation isn't just one of sexual misconduct But that the PC caucus used public dollars to buy someone's silence Will the Premier allow for an independent investigation of these allegations? Have to ask the leader the opposition to withdraw draw The allegation isn't just one of sexual misconduct, but that public money was used To ensure that this information didn't come to light. Will the Premier allow for an independent investigation of these allegations and ask that the minister Step aside while it's being conducted Premier Inside come to order Through you mr. Speaker again Minister of Finance has integrity. He's a man with honor He's a man that's fighting day in and day out to clean up the mess Patrick Brown has a much credibility as a rock. I haven't been counting the standing ovations But there have been several so far and I will remind members when the standing ovations occur I sometimes can barely hear the member that has the floor and if I can't hear the member who has the floor I'll have to stand up and interrupt them Start the clock next question leader the opposition. Thank you speaker. My next question is also for the Premier a single mom working full-time for the minimum wage will lose an almost $2,000 as a result of the Premier's minimum wage freeze annually Most people working for minimum wage don't pay any taxes at all speaker. They just don't make enough money Does the Premier really expect that that working mom and the other working people struggling to make ends meet on the minimum wage? To believe that a tax cut will actually make up the difference Actually when I campaign through you mr. Speaker I talked to hundreds and hundreds of businesses and majority of them were small businesses Over 80% of the people are employed by small businesses I heard over and over again that they were laying people off from coffee shops to restaurants To hardware stores they were getting rid of people tens of thousands of people lost their jobs under bill 148 what our government's going to do we're going to make sure we give a tax rate 0% tax that people making minimum wage. I talked to Thousands of people that got laid off. I went to universities the students came up to me and said we aren't being hired anymore We went to people with disabilities We went to people They're no longer being hired matter of fact. They're being fired This is going to create tens of thousands We're going to create Hundreds of moms and hundreds of workers speaker that simply cannot make ends meet on the current minimum wage People are here today from across Ontario to Basic dignity on the job to take a pay a pay day off when they get sick without having to pay a Doctor for a doctor's note to be able to pay the bills with a livable minimum wage It's not much but the premier wants to take it away The majority of people earning minimum wage don't even earn enough to pay taxes That is the fact speaker but an increase in the minimum wage was going to make a real difference in their lives The premier's wage fees freeze will take nearly $2,000 out of a full-time workers pocket instead of offering empty gimmicks Why doesn't he just allow the minimum wage to increase to $15? For you mr. Speaker, I'd like to know what the leader of the opposition said to the Thousands of single moms I met that don't have a job because a bill 148 Thousands of people that don't have the money in their pocket that don't have the $2,000 or even $3,000 If you want to support the frontline people of this province, we support the hard-working people That's why they're gonna work with a tax We're gonna create tens of thousands of jobs as you've seen the unemployment rate is the lowest It's been in decades under our administration because companies feel confident We're creating an environment to create great paying jobs Next question the member for Brampton South Mr. Speaker my question is to the Minister of Economic Development job creation and trade First off, I'd like to congratulate the minister on the important legislative progress He's made on the making Ontario open for business On this side of the house, it's clear that months and months of meetings with various stakeholders across this province including job creators, workers and union leaders across Member for Waterloo come to order Creation of this bill There also seems to be a lot of rhetoric on the other side from the opposition about how this government's commitment To one of the countries to the one of the country's highest minimum wages Can the minister inform us how the history of debate on the minimum wage in this house has influenced government policy? Thanks, thanks to the honorable member for the first good question of question period this morning It's an honor to rise To bring some attention to prior debate in this house on this issue Here's what the member from Tomiskaming Cochran had to say about a rising minimum wage if you're gonna create jobs Let's talk about the real issues minimum wage is one of them But if you're gonna trumpet that let's look at everything else that's much higher We went from the lowest hydro cost to the highest hydro costs in the country Thank you liberal government supported by the NDP not only not only speaker are we Providing one of the highest minimum wages in the country, mr. Speaker I want to be certain the member opposite realizes that we're doing exactly what he was asking for our government for the People is making life for what are the same member said this employer many of them rightfully so are very worried and that's a fact We're bringing predictability Thank you to the minister for informing us about what the official opposition had to say about minimum wage During previous debates. It seems to me that the official opposition had some sage-like advice as to how to Proceed with an increase to minimum wage The members opposite should be happy that we took their recommendations on how to proceed Debate in this house regularly Because it's important members be heard as voices of their constituents Yeah, does the minister have any more examples of how debate in this house? Influenced the government's policy regarding bill 47 Well as a matter of fact I do and thanks again to the honorable member of the You know, it's very inspiring to know that the government for the people is doing exactly what the members opposite have been asking about the member For Niagara had this to say we also need a strong practical plan to implement the increasing minimum wage We need to make sure small business has the time to assess the wage increases and have their input heard That's exactly what we did up to this bill We've heard from countless job creators workers and union leaders even the opposition about minimum wage We heard the member opposite loud and clear, but I don't want to leave anyone out Mr. Speaker the member from nickel belt said if we were to increase to $14 right now a lot of those small businesses would not survive Increases to minimum wage, mr. Speaker shouldn't be about politics. They should be about stability for our job creators Start the clock next question member for Hamilton Mountain. Thank you speaker My question is to the premier Ontario's provincial advocate for children and youth provides independent non Partisan oversight to the people of Ontario The advocate's job is to protect children and to be a watchdog on behalf of the children of this province and Raise their voice to the government. Can the premier confirm if he plans to scrap their office today later today? Mr. Children community services social services and women issues. Thank you very much minister children community and social services Thank you very much speaker. I do appreciate the opportunity and I appreciate the question from the member opposite We are going to continue to support children in this province This is a very important portfolio that I've been privileged to have been assigned by the premier of Ontario We have been working with many members of the legislative assembly including the Independent officers of this house and we will continue to work with those that want to seek to protect children in care children in the justice system and I can assure everyone in this legislature that the fiercest child advocate in this province will be me Supplementary, I don't think I know how to respond to that. I'm gonna go back to the premier Back to the premier speaker The child advocate provides vital oversight It is a voice for children in this province who so often don't have one The child advocate calls out governments when their policies harm innocent children The fact that the foreign government wants to do away with their voice says something Terrifying about the plans for this province for our most vulnerable children. How can the premier? possibly justify this decision Mr Well, you know, I'm going to say thank you to the premier I've never worked with a leader that has been this attentive to the people of the province of Ontario And I can tell you over the last 24 hours personally attentive and supportive of me personally and our minister of finance And I can tell you something if you want to fierce advocate in the province of Ontario. It's premier Doug Ford Start the clock next question the member for Durham Speaker my question is for the minister of health and long-term care Speaker this government appreciates the importance of financial and social supports for those suffering from mental health issues That's why during the election we promised to prioritize fixing our mental health system With one in five Ontarians affected by mental health It's clear that this is an issue that affects every person in this province and in my riding of Durham either directly or indirectly Can the minister please inform the house? What our government is doing to address mental health in this province? I'd like to thank the member from Durham very much for her question and for the continued great work that she's doing in her riding But she's absolutely correct when she said that our government promised to make a mental health and addictions a priority in the province of Ontario Mr. Speaker that is why our government is committing to spend $3.8 billion over 10 years to finally I say finally develop and implement a comprehensive and connected mental health and addiction system in our province This initiative will also include housing supports to further alleviate pressures on the system I envision in Ontario where patients don't need to be in crisis to receive timely access to mental health and addictions treatment The fact that we are so far from that reality is quite frankly shocking to me We can do better and we must do better We will create a mental health and addictions care system that works for all the people in Thank you to the minister for that response I'm proud that our government for the people is delivering on a clear promise that we made to the people of Ontario Our government understands that front-line workers are the backbone of our health care system They go above and beyond the call of duty every single day Speaker our government appreciates Ontario's front-line workers in our health care sector and will ensure these hard-working Ontarians are supported with the resources necessary to succeed every day Can the minister please tell the house how our government will ensure funding will benefit those who need mental health and addiction services minister Thank you again for the question and mr. Speaker the premier and I Have committed to ensuring that each dollar goes directly to services that will make a significant impact for patients in this province Our funding will go towards improving front-line care Reduced wait times and improved access to mental health and addiction services We know we need to work with our partners to find the right solutions And this includes organizations like the Canadian mental health organization the children's mental health Ontario and Addictions in mental health Ontario Our government is committed to building a comprehensive and connected Mental health and addiction system that works for the people of Ontario Thank You mr. Speaker my question through you is to the premier today the media reported that the government Intends to make cuts to the office of the environmental commissioner and might even abolish that office all together Is the premier firing the environmental commissioner or otherwise? What changes will he be imposing on her office? President the Treasury Board through you mr. Speaker thank the member opposite for that question I'm going to remind everyone in this house that this is not the rumor economic statement It is the fall economic state and we've been working hard since day one to restore trust in this province to renew accountability Mr. Speaker and to reestablish Transparency which may be funny to the order the opposition But I think the rest of the my caucus and the rest of Ontario take very seriously mr. Speaker Every action that we take is about restoring fiscal planning so that we can provide and support the core services for our Not just this generation once mr. Speaker, but also to support future generations because that's what we were elected to do Thank You mr. Speaker it would be very easy to dispel a rumor with a simple answer the environmental commissioner The environmental commissioner of Ontario is an officer of the legislature whose job it is to provide independent assessment of the state of Ontario's environment the commissioner and minister administers the environmental Bill of Rights Which guarantees the public's right to be notified and consulted on government decisions? The commissioner's most recent report flagged the potential loss of funding for the Water Protection Act framework This this is the same party that already brought us the walkerton crisis and is currently being sued under the environmental Bill of Rights is the premier targeting the ECO because he does not want to answer to the public on his environmental record President the Treasury Board, thank you again mr. Speaker and I'd like to clarify to the member opposite that it and I'm sure he Would agree that it would be unethical for us to front-run the fall economic statement and we're Also want to acknowledge the great work that the Minister of Conservation and Parks and doing is a man full of integrity And I also want to take this opportunity stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the minister of many things who's been brave and Through this period and also to the minister of finance I'm wearing yellow tie because we stand in solidarity, but I'll go I need to hear the next member that has a question Start the clock. I recognize the member for Scarborough gildewood. Thank you speaker. My question is to the premier Your government's own research shows that investments of the past liberal governments that we were making in health care education justice and social services Has aided this province these investments provided much needed services. I apologize to the member for Scarborough gildewood. I Apologize I'm going to give you extra time the government has to come to order Apologize once again member for Scarborough gildewood I did much needed services to the people of Ontario like basic income social supports Environmental protection fair workplaces and even teaching things like consent, which we sorely need They were also made according to the FAO because Ontario had to catch up This province was behind because of years of austerity. It was subject to under a previous conservative government Will your government's economic statement bring back austerity measures and eliminate programs and services that the people of Ontario rely on Premier Treasury Board President of the Treasury Board. Well, thank you, mr. Speaker and thank you to the member opposite for that question Mr. Speaker our government was elected because we said that we would do things differently than the previous liberal government We need to reform public services that puts Reliability and the taxpayer at the centre of everything we do to get the finances in this province back in order We need to reform public services in a way that puts reliability and the taxpayer at the centre Every action that we take has been about responsible fiscal planning and a more sustainable Government precisely so that we can protect frontline services and jobs while investing in priorities for the people of Ontario Mr. Speaker, I very much look forward to the whole house does to hear from the Minister of Finance at one o'clock You're all invited You know, you have to be clear and open with the people of Ontario about what this all means in fact Will exacerbate the fiscal challenges that we face and in fact We are at risk of losing the progress that we've made in this province Your government is here to make sure that all Ontarians have health care education justice and social services that they depend on so I ask you again premier Will your government continue to make investments in the services and the supports that the people of Ontario Relay on or will you return to the austerity of the 1990s? Well, thank you again mr. Speaker and to the member for that question You know when she speaks about The path that we've inherited from the previous liberal government what she's done is she's indebted the province not only for this generation But for future generations and that's what we're gonna fix Find it very rich to hear about Making things clear and open as the she says the previous liberal government did that's why we had the Commission of Inquirer We were told this we don't have a six billion dollar deficit. We got a fifteen billion dollar deficit That's why we did a line by line review that showed us that this province is falling behind every other province And is not protecting core services let alone providing the funding for future services in health care and education For bridges and tunnels mr. Speaker, that's what the people elected from us expect of us, and that's what we will do My question today is for the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services People have continued to raise concerns with me over the province's ability to ensure the safety and well-being of the public Currently individuals are sitting in foreign prisons Waiting to return to this province after fighting for terrorist groups such as Isis and Hamas This is simply unacceptable Speaker Justin Trudeau's government has failed to act We cannot stand by while convicted terrorists are waiting to return to Ontario Ontarians who choose to participate in these barbaric acts of violence Do not deserve to be welcomed back with open arms Could you explain to the members of this legislature what actions our government is taking to target those Who choose to leave Ontario to commit these barbaric heinous and Indefensible crimes Thank you, and I would be happy to do that But first I want to thank my colleague from Peterborough co-authors for introducing a private members bill that actually deals with this issue directly The terrorist action Sanctions act will act where our federal government has led us down I can assure you that a Premier Ford led government will have no welcome at No welcome home parade for people who choose to fight our allies to hurt our great men and women who are working in uniforms with our with our own citizens and the citizens of our allies we will not be part of the charade of saying you are welcome back and there is no Sanctions Speaker I thank the minister for her response Justin Trudeau's public safety minister has attempted to express his lack of sympathy to those convicted terrorists who wish to return to Canada We've heard only talk We have seen absolutely no action from Justin Trudeau's government Terrorists who've committed heinous crimes against their country and their province deserve to be severely punished for their actions Speaker we simply cannot wait for Justin Trudeau to take action the federal government has waited too long Far too many Ontarians are concerned for their safety and the safety of their families to the minister Could you please update the members of this legislature on the steps our government for the people? Is taking to keep our communities safe from those who choose to leave Ontario and commit vicious and barbaric crimes Thank you so much. I think it's an amazing opportunity We will have this afternoon to talk further about this detail with your private members bill But just because the federal government hasn't done their job. I can assure you we will do our when these Terrorists choose to come back to Ontario They are not going to be welcomed and they are most importantly not going to be getting any benefits from the people from the government of Ontario People of Ontario deserve to know that their safety is paramount to us We will do that and we will not be giving benefits to people Next question the member for London West Thank You speaker my question is to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care a Freedom of Information request at London Health Sciences Center revealed that since 2014 6190 Alternative level of care patients have waited more than 100,000 days in the hospital. That's the equivalent of almost 300 years These are often elderly and vulnerable people who could be discharged but have nowhere to go The result is so many patients being treated in the hallway that earlier this year LHSC was forced to implement a hallway transfer protocol Speaker Londoners deserve to know what is the plan to address the shortage of beds Not just in our hospitals, but in the community as well Minister of Health and Long-Term Care well I can certainly agree with the member that the number of people who are alternate level of care patients in our hospitals is not Acceptable but that is what we inherited after 15 years of the previous liberal government that unfortunately That is not something that just happened overnight That's been growing and growing and nothing has been done about it But we are going to do something about it. That was one of our central campaign promises that we are going to end hallway Health care, we promised and we're delivering on our promise to create 5,000 long-term care beds 50,000 long-term care beds in the first five years and 30,000 in 10 years We've already announced 6,000 beds that are already working on that each and every day Speaker the problem in London is getting worse 621 alternative level of care patients are at London Health Sciences Centre Already by August this year so far this government's commitment to new long-term care beds has come without firm timelines and with little Transparency we've heard an announcement about flu surge funding But none of the funding has been allocated to London Speaker after a decade of liberal cuts my community needs stable permanent funding for hundreds of beds We need beds in the hospital. We need beds in transitional care, and we need beds in long-term Will this government commit today to sustainable long-term funding to fix London's hallway health care crisis? The thing that we have announced so far has been absolutely open and transparent and will continue to be we've already announced 6,000 beds that are in production. They're actively working on that There's no firm timelines because it depends on production What is actually being done in each individual project? I'm sure you that they will be in operation as soon as possible because we know that there are already over 30,000 people not just in the London area, but across the entire province They're waiting for long-term care beds to be created So that is something that we are looking at each and every day in the Ministry of Health We're not waiting six months any long period of time to create it as soon as applications are ready We take a look at what he brings in the area stir transportation Applications are and whether they're introducing innovation and what it is what the project is that they're introducing so we are applying the correct objective criteria to each application and we are moving on it as soon as we can Thank you speaker my question is for the Minister of Environment conservation in parks This morning the people in Ontario awoke to the lowest gas prices that we have seen in over a year Tesla were lined up this morning to fill up their tanks knowing that every cent counts This is proof that the people of Ontario need these kinds of savings It has been made clear though that the Trudeau liberals plan to implement a carbon tax on the people of Ontario So can the minister please tell members of this legislature how the elimination of cap and trade carbon tax is saving the people of Ontario and my ride Mr. Speaker through you to the member from Kitchener South Hesbler and thank you for her question It's a very very timely question Ontarians did wake up to to some of the lowest gas prices that they've seen in a very long time On on Bailey and Ajax. It was a buck 11 I heard from a number of my colleagues that in their writings it was well And of course this is in part due to the elimination of the previous liberal governments cap and trade program that has saved Families 4.3 second order 5.7 cents a liter for diesel. Mr. Speaker $264 a year. This is going to save families. This is money back in Ontario families pockets And mr. Speaker, it's just the beginning for a government that appreciates that families come first communities come first Mr. Speaker, I'd like to first thank the member for the answer for that question and all the work that he is doing for the people of Ontario and refer to men's come to order the Trudeau government continues to suggest that a price on carbon is apparently The best solution to reduce emissions They suggest that returning the funds back to the people of Ontario will in turn make this move less impactful However, we've learned that this carbon pricing is also going to be subject to GST a Cost that would then not be returned to the people of Ontario Just yesterday the federal minister of environment indicated that this was just the starting point and that even more Targets will be looked at later How much can we expect? Ontarians to pay before it is enough Can the minister of environment conservation and parks tell us what the Trudeau carbon tax will actually cost Ontarians? Mr. Speaker through you to the member We can for four months now the federal government has been asked how much will their carbon tax cost and they've given no answer But fortunately because of the FAO's report. We know that $648 is the price in 2022 per family of this carbon tax now to put that in terms of the price of Gasoline that's another 35 cents a liter So on today's price in Ajax the families there would be paying $1.50 a liter the members quite correct though The minister the federal minister said that's just the beginning. Let's get this in place And then we'll raise the price Perhaps as high as the NDP members have talked about the highest carbon tax in the world $150 a ton mr. Speaker that would mean gasoline and Ajax today would be over $2 a liter mr. Speaker That's the price of an NDP solution. That will be the price of a federal government solution Doug Ford and our government here will protect families Next question the member for Thunder Bay Atticoke. Thank you speaker. My question is for the premier The nurses at Thunder Bay district board of health are still on strike I asked the minister of health two weeks ago what your government was doing to resolve It but the strike continues leaving my community without these vital frontline workers I think of Kayla a nurse who works in healthy babies healthy children programs She works with families with children from prenatal to age six to support their growth and development She supports new parents doing home visits and phone calls and check-ins For many new parents nurses like Kayla are the only support they have Kayla is just asking for a fair collective agreement from her employer So they can get back to work improving the health of my community What is the government doing to resolve this strike immediately? Thank you very much for the question This is something that of course the ministry is not able to get directly involved in We do hope that there is an agreement reached it. I know this has been going on for some time But we hope that an agreement can be reached that's satisfactory to both parties as soon as possible And we are following it closely because of course patient care is our first and foremost consideration Thank you speaker To the Premier these public health nurses have been on strike for over a month It is time for this government to do more than deflect the problem because the work they do is so important One of the people on strike is a nurse She's a street nurse her name is shelly. She goes out in the community To meet people where they live in their homes shelters or on the streets She protects her community from infectious disease outbreaks like tb hiv std's And blood-borne infections The work she does also reduces hospital wait times She can't do her work now and that puts our community at risk What will this government do to encourage this employer to negotiate a fair collective agreement So nurses like shelly can get back to work protecting our community Well, we certainly appreciate that the work that the nurses are doing across the province of ontario It is important and vital care. They provide safety of patients of course is first and foremost So we are following closely, but I'm sure that you would not expect us to interfere in those negotiations That is something that is beyond the mandate of the ministry And we respect the conversations that are going on and the negotiations that are going on So we do hope that they will come to a resolution Sooner than later so that the nurses can continue to provide the excellent quality care that they provide in the community Thank you for aurora oak ridges richmond hill. Thank you very much speaker Thank you speaker my question is for the minister of tourism culture and sports minister I was thrilled to learn that you traveled to susan mary this week to meet with tourism operators in northern ontario Regarding consultations for ontario's brand new tourism strategy While northern ontario already plays a critical role in opening ontario for business This government aims to bolster tourism in the region This goal is a genuine effort to revitalize and support northern ontario's economy Would the minister be able to update the house on his visit to susan mary and the importance of this initiative And uh, thank you to the member for aurora oak ridges richmond hill for this question Once again, I would like to acknowledge the terrific work of my predecessor minister jones and laying the foundation for a very successful summer The previous minister had announced province wide Tourism consultations at the tourist industry association of ontario's summit last month in windsor I was grateful to continue the work by visiting the sue earlier this week While I was there I had a chance to attend destination northern ontario agm and the algoma kinawabi travel association agm I also toured the machine shop and canadian bush plane heritage center It was a very productive trip and a very interesting one where I got a chance to hear from local tourism operators And I look forward to uh in supplementary to answer some more questions supplementary Through you speaker and the minister. Thank you very much for that great response And thanks for the work that you have already begun I'm glad to hear that your trip in northern ontario was productive and will undoubtedly have benefits To the community in short and long term It's also encouraging to hear that our government is actively listening to the experts and frontline workers As to how we can strengthen tourism in ontario's north minister I'm sure I can speak for all members when I say this I'm glad that we are going to take steps to make tourism a sector more vibrant across this province While the former liberal government failed to recognize the importance of tourism in northern ontario this government fully acknowledges Through you through you uh to the minister to through you speaker to the minister Can the minister just tell us how important the tourism sector is to the north? Thank you, uh, mr. Speaker and once again, thank you to my colleague for the question Mr. Speaker, I can tell you that this government is committed to creating the environment for business To succeed in the province tourism accounts for four percent of the gdp of the province That's more than agriculture mining and forestry combined It's an industry that supports over 390,000 jobs here in ontario and generates 34 billion dollars in economic activity I know northern ontario welcomes 8.2 million visitors And spend 1.5 billion dollars annually One out of every four businesses in the north is tourist related The tourism industry is the largest employer of youth in the north response And mr. Speaker with all the beautiful landscapes and vibrant outdoor and activities It is limitless in terms of potential. We believe in the Thank you My question is to the acting premier In march kwame omowa was illegally evicted from his home in my writing His new landlord forcibly removed him his four roommates and their belongings onto the street Despite the police charging the landlord with assault and despite the landlord and tenant board ruling it was an illegal eviction Kwame has been unable to return home He is now living in a homeless shelter and his mental health is suffering Acting premier, what is your plan to stop illegal evictions and help renters keep their homes? acting premier Minister of municipal affairs and housing Thank you, senator speaker I want to thank the honorable member for the question It's a very serious situation and I know all members of the house And our municipal partners are very concerned with the level of housing that social housing opportunities we have in ontario I think we can all agree speaker that in the Greater Toronto and hamilton areas. We're in a crisis when it comes to the supply housing and I think it It is very important for all members of the house no matter what political stripe that we put a plan in place To deal with that serious supply problem So there are a number of of very crisis situations we have and I know that as the the weather gets colder Some of those situations get even more critical I think our government always looks at the at it with a lens of how can we cooperate? How can we work with our 47 service managers our two indigenous program administrators? The private sector and the public sector and I'll I'll say more in the supplementary speaker Thank you. My question is back to the acting premier. Uh, this isn't this isn't just about supply and community housing Kwame's experience is part of a very scary trend There has been a hundred percent increase in the number of applications to evict renters for reasons other than non payment of rent Once you are evicted it is very difficult to find an affordable apartment in the city The vacancy rate in toronto was the lowest in 16 years and the average rent for a one bedroom apartment is now the highest in canada The landlord and tenant board is simply not doing enough to help people who are facing illegal eviction Acting premier, what is this government going to do to stop these growing trends which have good tenants facing homelessness? Thanks speaker and again, thank you for the question There there needs to be a lot of work done in our system speaker There's no there's no doubt about it the the landlord tenant board some of the issues that The member was speaking about there there does need to be more resources And I'm working with the the attorney general on that on that issue in in terms of of housing supply I appreciate her comments. There's many partners in this speaker I while i'm very pleased that the federal government has a renewed interest on the housing file I think there are many things we can do. I think the I think that we can streamline the situation I think we can work across Sectors and you know rather than heckle me From the opposition benches. I think this is a non partisan issue. I think we can all work together It doesn't matter whether it's the municipal government federal government whether water will come to our Private sector partners whether it's our response We all need to work together to ensure that the system is transformed and that we create more supply That's the bottom line speaker Mr. Speaker, my question is to the minister of environment conservation and parks minister last week the Trudeau government announced their plan to stop cooperating with our government and not distribute the 420 million dollars owed to Ontario families from Ontario's low carbon economy fund and instead gave it to organizations and programs of their choice their reasoning siding our government's unwillingness to cooperate with the federal government and for keeping our promise to the people of Ontario to scrap the ineffective Ineffective cap and trade carbon tax Unbelievable can the minister speak to the work our government is doing to stand up for the hardworking Ontario families Mr. Speaker through you to the member from missus of sagamalton and thank you Thank you for that question Our government was elected on a promise a promise to get rid of the cap and trade program and to fight the Trudeau carbon tax Mr. Speaker the federal minister of the environment has talked about cooperation The federal minister of the environment has said that she wants to collaborate and work with us But that so far has gotten her ripping money out of out of ontaria And that has also got them imposing attacks that they know that ontarians don't want mr. Speaker Mr. Speaker, what else has the federal government's approach gotten them a year ago? Mr. Speaker there was one province approached to the federal government's climate plan today, mr. Speaker After the election in New Brunswick there are now six six governments across the country Six governments representing a majority of Canadians who understand that a carbon tax is bad for families Doesn't help the environment and mr. Speaker. We're taking steps to Thank you. Thank you minister. Thank you for your response Thank you for leadership and thank you for standing up for the people of ontaria in combating these job killing ineffective carbon tax We have heard over and over again in this legislature from the members not only us for all parties that life is unaffordable for ontarians Yet yesterday the sole green MPP member from golf called a press conference to advocate for a policy That would push the price of carbon so high so high that it would force the people to surrender their cars Can the minister promise the people of ontario that we will respect their mandate and not betray our promise To oppose our carbon tax and highlight what our man made in ontario will include. Thank you Mr. Mr. Speaker and through you to the member and thank you for that question Mr. Speaker our government is going to bring former to a plan on the environment a plan that supports families A plan that's balanced in terms of the environment and also the economy and he's quite right The member of the green party did did propose a plan yesterday and he proposed a number of solutions And I thanked him both both personally and on twitter for for many of the suggestions, mr. Speaker Many of the suggestions that are added to the five thousand suggestions that we've already received through our consultation Which by the way is available still until this friday at the climate change website But mr. Speaker despite the entreatments of the later of the green party. We will not We will not break our solemn bow to the people of ontario. We will not bring back a job killing regressive carbon tax Start the clock next question the member for trolling st. Paul's good morning, mr. Speaker My question is to the minister of tourism culture and sport In august 2018 the government cut five hundred thousand dollars of programming funds promised to systema toronto Systema toronto provides musical and intellectual opportunities to children in in vulnerable communities Systema supports marginalized children social emotional and academic development through access to musical instruments and music education Minister kath minister kathleen win and the liberals shouldn't have used children as political pawns But now this minister is in the position to the right thing by these children On behalf of children families and young artists will this government reverse It's callous decision and reinstate the funding promise to systema toronto. Yes or no minister of tourism culture and sport Thank you, mr. Speaker and thank you for that question With a core focus on physical activity ontario's after school programs provide no cost or low cost fund safe supervised activities so over 21 000 students in grades 1 to grade 12 during the school year at over 400 program sites in priority neighborhoods across the province Applications to these expand the program are not being considered at this time We appreciate the work of the systema toronto program and its accomplishments in providing after school music education in priority neighborhoods The systema program does not meet the core physical activity programming Requirement of ontario's after school program funded by the ministry of tourism culture and sport The ontario government is currently supporting systema toronto through a three-year ontario trillion foundation grant Thank you for the non-response minister. Glad to see that the arts don't mean anything to the government Anyway, systema delivers positive results for the families living I apologize to the members The government side will come to order Give the member extra time Positive results for the families living in communities struggling with some of the highest child poverty rates in toronto Kids participating in systema toronto's programs are more likely to achieve higher test scores Putting them on a path to better results in school arts education programs and reducing barriers to participating in the arts Build healthy and vital communities Particularly when we encourage the artistic talents of our young kids So I ask what other funding cuts to the arts and initiatives that support arts education programs Can we expect from this government? Thank you, uh, mr. Speaker Just to be clear our ministry has approved support to over 120 organizations to deliver No cost or low cost fund safe activities to more than 21 000 students These programs will be delivered at over 400 sites in high priority neighborhoods across ontario Just to be clear Just to be clear a few weeks a few hours before the election was called the previous liberal minister Signed a letter promising systema half a million dollars The liberal minister knew no paperwork had been submitted and no money was budgeted The liberals didn't even bother to tell systema. They didn't meet the qualifications They're all Set for them after school programs Systema deserves an apology from the previous liberal government. Our government was Thank you Thank you, mr. Speaker Access to affordable energy is vital to the future prosperity of our province Families depend on natural gas as a more affordable source of energy to heat their home Power their tools and keep their businesses open Speaker natural gas is bountiful in ontario yet Many ontarians, especially in rural or remote parts of our province do not have access to this commodity Can the minister outline our ambitious plan to leverage the private sector to deliver natural gas to tens of thousands of ontarians? Minister For his strong advocacy and calling on our government government to expand natural gas Across a rural and northern communities Mr. Speaker, we made two commitments during the campaign one was to open ontario for business The second was to lower energy bills for families for businesses And for everyone across the province Our legislation that's working through the legislature right now, mr. Speaker will enable The private sector to expand natural gas to 78 new communities in the province of And mr. Speaker that means nearly 35,000 new households in ontario Will be able to save up to $2,500 per year in energy costs, mr. Speaker I'm proud to say promise made promise Pursuant to standing order 38 a The member for university rose dale has given notice of her dissatisfaction with the answer to her question Given by the minister of municipal affairs and housing Concerning illegal evictions. This matter will be debated Tuesday at 6 p.m. There being no deferred votes this house stands recessed until 1 p.m


The study examines changes in the Brewer Dobson circulation, BDC, for 1980-2018 using satellite microwave-sounding unit MSUV-AMSU, lower stratospheric temperature observations and ERA interim re-analysis data. The annual mean BDC accelerated for 1980-1999 but decelerated for 2000-2018, with the changes largely driven by the Southern Hemisphere, SH. The study shows that the annual mean BDC has accelerated in the last 40 years with a relative strengthening of one point, seven per cent per decade, driven by both Northern Hemisphere and SH cells. Significant SH radiative warming is also identified in September for 2000-2018, after excluding the year 2002 when a very rare SH stratospheric sudden warming occurred, supporting the view that healing of the Antarctic ozone layer has now begun to occur during the month of September. This article was authored by Qiong Fu, Susan Solomon, Amidae Parlovan, and others.


So why do amputees burn more energy? Wouldn't it stand to reason that there's less body parts, less body mass, and less calories needed? That is also what I used to think. Until becoming an amputee, I was like way hungrier than I used to be all the time. I looked into the science behind it and realized that because our bodies have to do so much compensating and adjusting, if I'm walking on a prosthetic leg, if I'm using a wheelchair, there are so many more muscles that are being engaged to help you balance, to compensate so you can actually walk, those muscles take a lot of energy. So as a below-the-knee amputee, I burn anywhere from like 20 to 30 percent more energy than I did when I had two legs. If you're missing your leg above the knee, that number goes way up. I think it's super interesting because it kind of defied all of my expectations. Less body, more food.


Technology is moving faster every day. Today's threat is always changing, and we need to stay ahead of it to protect ourselves. So how are we turning the soldiers of today into the soldiers of tomorrow, and ensuring that future soldiers will be an advanced, decisive weapon? Today's soldier is a vastly different creature than the soldier of the past. Besides being physically fit, we must be tactically and technologically proficient, able to make lightning fast critical decisions in high-stress situations. So how are we turning young, inexperienced soldiers into intricate fighting machines through the power of simulation and gaming technology? It's always going to come down to human performance. It's going to come down to soldiers and leadership and understanding what needs to be done, being able to act and do those things. But in order to do that, we need to be able to replicate those environments and challenge soldiers in training. We traveled across the Army to find out how the experts are using simulation and video game technology to train the force, to see what soldiers can expect from the future battlefield. Soldiers should be very excited about the future of training in the Army. There's a lot of cool technology that is coming available because we are looking at the games industry and we're looking at Hollywood and we're looking at other ways things are being done. The military has been using simulation and gaming technology for training, tactics analysis and mission preparation for centuries. So simulation is not a new thing. Any training that a soldier does that's not actual combat is a simulation of some sort. Even when we have them filled and they're doing live training, it's still simulated combat. What we're doing is incorporating more and more technology in order to make more of their available training time effective. This is important because it's going to be pretty difficult in the future operational environments, the things that we're asking soldiers to do and technology is going to be a key enabler. Oh, the future of gaming technology, there's so much potential and every year there's more. It's getting to the point where, well, in two years there's going to be things that we never would have imagined today. The Army is working to perfect that with a variety of new technology. At the Army Research Lab Orlando Simulation and Training Technology Center they developed a mixed reality where virtual elements like people, targets and ballistics are mapped into a soldier's live field of view. Moving behind objects rather than through them, this immersive virtual reality training is so profoundly real.  Over the years we've used pop-up targets, paper targets, that sort of thing. How much better would it be to be able to project an actual synthetic character in the environment that has the same look and feel of that entity? And it's much more realistic for the soldier and you have a better interaction there between the soldier and the target. Bam, got him. That capability provides invaluable training to our soldiers on the ground and even those across our oceans by giving us the power to enable users anywhere geographically to interact in complex virtual environments. We have so much to learn from each other and being able to sit in our home country and link to anybody anywhere in the world, it makes it so much easier to do coalition type exercises. These teamwork applications are also being used at places like the Mission Training Complex at Joint Base Lewis McCord, where simulators like the Striker Virtual Collective Trainer are adapting soldiers' team fighting tactics by creating an environment where soldiers can safely replicate expensive and dangerous scenarios. Can I drag this body and put it in the truck? This is a valuable thing for the soldiers to do. We all need to focus on making sure our soldiers are prepared for the missions that we're going to ask them to perform and getting many repetitions of a soldier's skill is the way to make them prepared. Gaming and virtual provide more simulations than in the live environment. That live environment is also changing due to virtual and gaming technology. As far back as the Roman Empire, sand tables were used representing soldiers in units in battle. Rocks and sticks. Today's technology is moving us out of the sandbox and into a full 3D replica with applications allowing us to custom tailor displays for each individual role a soldier will play, turning this to this. You just need to take pictures. Could you use existing drone systems that the military has? Absolutely. If you're able to take actual imagery and you're able to put the three-dimensionality to it, and be able to walk through that terrain and see all the angles and even see what the enemy might see from his position and if you can do it quickly, there's a lot of value in that. Simulations in gaming technology is revolutionizing the way we do business and it's forcing soldiers out of the box and into the virtual world. It teaches you to operate in a dynamic environment and do decision making. We try to make it as immersive as possible and then when you do have to make those decisions or use those systems in a more stressful environment you're better prepared. Training needs to be as hard as the game itself. Make the scrimmage as hard as the game so that soldiers are challenged and they see things for the first time in training not for the first time on the battlefield. Experience improves survivability but unfortunately that first negative experience could also be the death of them. So we want to have them have those negative experiences virtually so that when they are out in the real world they have this repertoire of I know this worked, I know this didn't work how can I apply it to the existing situation? As technology continues to change simulations and gaming technology will take on an even bigger role in our army ensuring America's future soldiers will become advanced decisive weapons. I think that very soon our simulation environment is going to be everywhere at all times and that's going to change the way we game change the way we learn the way we interact with one another everyone is probably somewhat afraid of that but there's also components of that that we can embrace and that we can make good use of for learning. Put your body in the back of the striker, okay? No man left behind here.