What's up guys my name is Michael and welcome to my YouTube channel today We're gonna do another lead code challenge called top K frequent words. This is basically the same thing as doing Top K frequent elements Except they want you to sort it the based on the word with the lower alphabet comes first So given a list of words return the kth most frequent elements But your answer has to be sorted from frequency from highest lowest and if two words have the same frequency then The word with the lower alphabet order comes first. So in this case, I love leak code I love leak I love coding see I occurs twice Love occurs twice, right? And when they say k equal to 2 they want the two most frequent elements because I and love have the same number of occurrences frequencies occurring inside the the array I And love are the gonna be put into the output But because they have the same number exactly the same frequency of their words We have to do the one with the lower alphabet comes first. So I will come first then love will come first Okay, and it's the same thing for this. So if you guys already watched my previous video of Top K frequent elements you could click that video down there I don't maybe I'll put a card up just in case if you guys haven't watched it before But yeah, it's this is exactly the same code as that. So first of all, we have to have a map To count the number of occurrences, so I'm gonna do let's see its string and then I'm gonna do occurrences Okay, and this we're gonna call this occurrences I'll do a curve for short. Okay. I'm gonna go through for every string. Okay. I'm gonna do auto Hmm, okay, I'll do it for every string X Inside words so forever you for every For every string inside words, we're gonna do occurrence at X plus plus and that's gonna give us occurrences of every single word Okay, I'm instead of X. I'll do like word because forever you word inside words. Okay, just to make it more readable Okay, once I get there a number of occurrences, I need to heap I need a heap to keep track of the ones with the highest frequency and then to the lowest So they want us to basically Sort frequency by highest the lowest. So if I were to go through a Hi, okay, so if I were to go through the whole the whole array and Generate a max heap and add all the values there and then take the first K elements That could work, but I don't want to do that right if I were to go through all the whole the whole array and Create a max heap and generate all the Get all the occurrences it will sort the because it's a heap It will sort the highest first and then the lowest because it's a max heap But I don't want to do that. I want to have the same space complexity I want to generate a size of K elements. So what I'm going to do is I'm going to have For I'm gonna have a min heap and then I'll check if the value is greater than the top value of the min heap Then I would pop the the top value of the min heap and add the value into the min heap, right? So that's basically the gist of this. So, okay, so once I add the occurrences of each Get all the occurrences for each each word I'm going to add it to my priority queue. So I'm going to create a priority queue of a min heap. So Okay, so this is actually going to be tougher okay because Okay, I'm going to call this min heap Because we have to add it we have to change our comparator. So I'll do that later, but for now We have to pass in a comparator because the heap doesn't know The the min heap because we're there's two values in it. It doesn't know which one Like which is prioritizing which right? It doesn't have like a compare comparator. It doesn't know that so I'm gonna have to we have to pass in a comparator to do that Okay, and also they want us to do lower alphabet comes first So that also changes things a lot because the min heap originally if you use a pay use a pair It would just compare the first value The first pair not actually the second at least how how I think it does I mean it might not do that boy, but That's how I think it does it But you could try it out if you you could try not passing a comparator, but it's actually good idea to pass in a comparator anyway, so Okay, so before I pass in a comparator. I have to Have Make it a pair because I'm gonna pair up Did the current word and then occurrences and I'm gonna add each pair of my occurrences in my map into my party queue So I have to do that so I will pass in Pass in pair and then I have a vector and that vector is gonna be the same of pair Okay, so now at this point We have to if I leave it like this It's gonna be ambiguous it's gonna be a old it'll be a max heap Right because of the originally would be a max heap. So I have to actually pass on a comparator. I'll write the comparator later But for now, let's assume that The comparator works, okay, so now I'm gonna go through all my for every Value inside my map. So let's say for every frequency. We'll call for every frequency inside occurrences inside my map I'll do it like that. Okay What am I gonna do? Okay, so Hmm, okay, so what am I gonna do? I'm going to Okay, I'm gonna get frequency dot first It should let me do that. Okay. Yeah, okay. It does that. Um, I'm gonna do min heap Let's see Okay for okay first one. Okay If the min heap Size is less than K because we're generating a min heap of size K If it's less than K, I'll just add The pair into the min heap right so I'm gonna do min heap Dot push and the pair is gonna be frequency dot first and frequency dot second Okay, so I think in my previous videos I actually like swap the pairs because the reason why I did that was to avoid writing a comparator But because now we actually have to write a comparator because they want the lower alphabet order to come first I'm not gonna change the ordering of this. Okay of how I'm adding the frequencies to the the each pair into the priority queue so I'll just add it like that. Okay So I'm not changing the ordering of the frequency. Okay, so otherwise What I'm gonna do is I'm gonna take the first top element. So the top element is gonna be the Let's see Yeah, okay, if the Frequency dot second frequencies. So frequency is each Each each pair inside the map of occurrences, right? So frequency dot second is the number of occurrences that we added for for each value for each string for each word for each word Has their currencies, right? So we kept track of that so frequency dot second is gonna be the the actual number of occurrences for each word, right? So if that number is Greater than the top value of our min heap So the the top value of our min heap is A pair, right and we paired it with the string and then the actual integer In the integer with the number of occurrences so I have to do min heap top and That will give us a pair and then I have to do dot second and that would be the actual second number Which is the number of occurrences, right? So if If the frequency dot second is greater than min heap top top second That means that we have to remove the value of our the top of our min heap. So I have to do min heap pop Then I'm gonna push the actual value onto it. So I'm gonna copy this and then do that Okay, so then at the end of this iteration assuming our comparator works and assuming that All this min heap is fine What am I gonna do? so After the end I need to get return the K most frequent elements. So at the end the min heap is gonna be have all the K most frequent elements and I basically have to iterate through my min heap and then add it to my array. So Vector string is a vector that we they require us to return vector string. So what I'm gonna do is I'm going to create a Vector string that has size of K This is gonna be to return. It's gonna have size. Okay. That's so this is like dynamically allocating that So I don't have to call pushback, right? If I call pushback, I'm resizing it. Well Let me see technically, I don't think it really matters that much, but Yeah, that's what this would it would be. Okay. So now your answers should be sorted by frequency how those if Okay Okay Then I'm gonna do while while my min heap is not empty. So while my min heap is not empty. I'm gonna remove the Top most value. So I'm gonna pop the top most value, right? But I need to get the for the top value and then push that on to my my to return, right? So to return add that to my to return. So my to return is because I just allocated a size K I'm gonna create a Okay, so I'm gonna create So Let's see think I got to think I think okay, so I'm gonna create a index for the starting an Index for the starting and then I'm going to do to return at index is gonna equal to the The top of the heap Okay, so the top of the heap is going to represent Remember is the top of the heap is the pair and that that should be the case the case frequent element If I record correctly, so that would be the case most frequent element But now because it's the case most frequent element You want the Let me see 32 I have to do it add it reverse direction. I think because Okay, so in this case The number of currencies being four three two one respectively if Wait, let's see Okay, let's just see if this works. I think that I don't have to add it reversely, but I Think I do. Okay, but I don't know Okay, so another rule cool thing you could do is that you could do index plus plus here So in that case that it would add in the index afterwards, so it would increase it at the index Of your value afterwards, so this would actually so I don't have to write in Index plus plus at the end of this so this would be to return It's gonna set the value of to return at zero It's gonna be the top value and then it'll set to return at one is gonna be a top value To return Tuesday go top value. Yeah, and each time it does that I'm gonna pop the top value. So the heap changes This part I have to do top value dot first. I think yeah first because the first value is the pair of The word the first value is actually the word and then I put the occurrences Accurrence as the second value. Okay, so after this I'm gonna return to return Okay, so now now now that that now that this is over with There's a there's an issue here We have to make this into a min heap and to do that.  Okay, so I don't remember syntax off of the top of my head, but I Think this is Let's think it's passing comparator to pride. Let's see cat pass in pass in comparator into priority queue C++ Okay, so this is a good website that tells you how to do it. Oh You could use you can use a lambda function Okay, that's actually cool. Okay, I'm gonna actually use a lambda function because I don't want to do Maybe I shouldn't create a struct so originally I was gonna do this where you pass an astruct and then it would do Where you tap the operator, but I might actually do the lambda function away because that's much more efficient And it's a new version that people do nowadays. So I'm gonna do auto compare is gonna be a Left-right bracket Pear okay, so this is what I'm gonna do Is this in Okay, so it's not it's not a new function. It's just it's just inside here. Okay So I'm over here. I'm gonna do auto compare left bracket right bracket is Auto compare is equal to left bracket right bracket and then it's gonna pass in the two values that you're comparing so For in our case will be pair string int Let's not let's not do first. It's gonna. Let's do um, I don't want to do for a second Because that's already that's already confusing. Let's do I'm trying to think XY yeah, okay, let's do XY. Okay pair string int y Okay, so we're gonna have a pair of We're comparing pairs right of string and int here and then what they want us to do. Okay, so once you have the brackets Okay, we're gonna do a ampersand here and ampersand here just to make sure it's passed by reference We're gonna do a semicolon and then what we're gonna do is we got to return which one is greater okay, so um So based on this If the If I and love have the two most frequent words, so if the frequency of both words, okay This should this should be it wait. I should name this word one word two Yeah, instead of XY should do word one or one two. Yeah, one two. So I'm gonna do one two Okay, that's just represent one and two. So if so I'm gonna do I got to return a Boolean that represents which goes first and which goes second based on the comparison of this. So if Okay, so Okay, if one dot Second is equal to two dot second. I don't okay Okay, maybe I shouldn't do one dot second Okay, I'll do XY again. I don't want to confuse you guys. That's what I don't want to do Okay, so Just know that these are the two values. Okay, so if each pair Each pair that we're comparing if they have the same if they have the same exact Same number of occurrences, right? That's why I do dot second. That's the second part If they have the same number of occurrences, then we have to check The one with the lower alphabet comes first So to do that we have to use a compare to based on the Based on the first The string right so I have to do So I can't remember off the top of my head How men heaps if I want to create a man heat How it does it so I'm gonna look at this again So for their case when they did when they push three five one eight and they did their comparator Their priority queue. What is what is their priority queue look like? No, okay. What is their output? Okay, so here. Oh wait, this is greater There has to be they should have one of their priority cues If left, okay, if first lesson second is that the Let's see push one two three one eighty-five seven. I want to see something real quick Why don't they have they don't have the actual output that's crazy That's that's annoying. Okay, so for them. They did greater. I don't know what this means in C++ But if you use greater you make it a man heat, right? But I don't know what the what greater does. Let's see STD greater Okay, so greater returns X is greater than Y Okay, as their comparator. Okay, so if I want to create a Men heaped I have to do X is greater than Y. Okay so if X dot second is equal to Y dot second I have to the one with the lower alphabet order comes first so I have to do return So I want to create a men heap so in order to do that I have to do X dot compare to what? I think that's how it works X dot first dot compare Y dot first and after if that's greater than zero so that means that X is greater than Y the first string the look Let's see. They want lower alphabet comes first. I'm not sure what exactly is that I Think that's what this does This doesn't mean he right so Okay, so otherwise I have to return Let's say they don't have it. I want to return a men heap So I have to do return X dot second is greater than Y dot second X dot second is greater than Y dot second X dot second is greater than Y dot second. Okay Okay, and then what's cool about this is that you I could actually use a one-liner to make this Look cleaner, but I'll do that later when you guys understand it Okay, so now after this I have to pass my compare into this function into my priority queue and that's How do I do that here? Deck deck will tell you to compare. Okay. Yeah Wait, did I pass it into the priority queue also? Yeah, huh, that's weird, so they do that they do this also Okay, so I'll do this Compare and then I have to pass it here as well compare Okay, so this should ideally work. I'm not sure though. I'm not like a hundred percent sure But I think it does so let's submit like this is different from the solution of answer Okay, something wrong with a lambda function return first dot compared X dot first dot compare Y that first What I what expected is it? Oh forgot a semicolon my bad Okay, wrong answer the day. This is sunny day. Okay So in our to return right the top value is going to be the Kth most value right the Kth most frequent value we want the order to be the opposite way because they want the the order to be based on the highest to lowest and And So in this case is the is sunny day V has a value of four three two one So we actually have to start at the last part because We have to change the order it because our min heap is gonna have the first value first I think the Kth first I think I think that's what we do but Yeah, we're gonna have to start a K minus one and then we're gonna do Index minus minus until we reach down to zero So submit again. Okay wrong answer. I love okay, so I love means that something's wrong with our comparison so they want they want the They want the small lower one to go first lower alphabetical goes first so X.compare y is greater than zero that would be put the greater one first so in this case I should make it lower one. Yeah Okay, and I got accepted. Yeah, so that's basically how you would Finish this do this question using a min heap That that is literally how you would do this question if you do it with a min heap What we could do is we could actually make this a one liner using a ternary operator so I'm gonna do return make this one liner just to Make it more efficient. So if x dot second is equal to equal to y dot second I'm gonna use a ternary then I'm gonna return x dot first.compare y dot first is less than zero Otherwise I will return x dot Second is greater than y dot second Yeah, and then now I have to I'm gonna take out this so this is exactly the same thing code, but I'm gonna put it in one line It's like I don't think you have to put it all in like Two lines or something let's submit Yeah, except it. Let's look at other solutions. So okay sorting you could do that But I want to see that how they do it with the actual Heap okay, so they don't use they actually themselves didn't use a heap Okay. Yeah, he he accepted. Let's see So they did the same thing Except oh damn they actually added all the values to their so they created a max heap They actually added all the values and they popped the the came values from the beginning. That's what they did Great, and then the K they pop it. Okay Okay, yeah, so that's what they did here and then Yeah, they actually had to call reverse So we had to do something similar like that because we have to add the values for to the end and then to the beginning Because of the heap order, but yeah They did the same thing Had to push the values here. Did they use a max heap? I'm not sure actually Okay, so how do they compare they compare word one word two? If their currencies is equal to their currencies. Yeah, they compare word two is Greater than word one Did we do that? Yes, we did Word two is greater than word one. Yeah, we did that then otherwise we subtract x dot count dot Get w1 is greater than the currents of first one's greater than the second one. Yeah. Yeah, that's what they did. Okay Well, so they did use a min heap Yeah, okay, so yeah, that's basically how you do the same question. We Yeah, we basically did the same thing what they did. I want to see the fastest though. So before we Which one got the most speed? Oh, okay, besides less than K. Okay So they used They use a max heap They popped They removed K times from the beginning. Oh, okay. Yeah, so this guy use a max heap and remove K times in the beginning Is this faster? I'm not sure it might be faster, but it takes more space. It's a problem.  I didn't know that Let's change that. Okay. So instead of adding the values ourselves. We could actually just create the list like this But I don't actually we can't change that because then we have to our size won't be K It would be n All right, they created their size of n and then they popped K values from the top So our space complexity is better than that, but even though it's slower. I Want to see who actually got the best space complexity Okay, so his space is O of n. Yeah, that's the same same thing as a thing So our space is log of o of K log log of K. That's our space, but I don't know if you could get Same time same thing Okay All right, whatever. That's basically how you do this question rate com subscribe I hope I didn't spam you guys with the videos Lately, but I want to finish all the Want to finish all these K questions of heaps because they're really important. Yeah rate com subscribe. I'll show you guys later. Peace


It is now time for a question period, the leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition. Thank you, Speaker. My questions to the Deputy Premier. Before I get to that, I just wanted to be happy on behalf of the Ontario PC Caucus, extend our best wishes to Constable Michael Klarenbeek and Constable Klarenbeek's family. Constable Klarenbeek, of course, shot at the Brampton Courthouse. He's recovering at the Civic Hospital, and we want to send our best wishes for his speedy recovery. To this Ontario hero. To the Deputy Premier, it's been three years since the Liberal government got mired in this controversy around the cancellation of gas plants that cost taxpayers over $800. The most troubling allegations have now arisen as of Thursday, when the Ontario Provincial Police anti... Stop the caucus. The Minister of Immigration and Citizenship will come to order. The Minister of the Environment will come to order, and the Minister of Finance will come to order. Please finish. The OPP anti-racket squad indicated that an episode was given access to destroy criminal evidence, criminal activity to destroy evidence. I assure the frustration of the outrage of Ontarians about this allegation. Why Premier Nguyen, or U.S. Deputy Premier, did nothing to prevent the destruction of evidence? Thank you. Well, thank you, Speaker, and I too want to offer wishes for a very speedy recovery to Officer Mike Klarenbeek and his family. The Speaker, this has reminded us of the bravery of our frontline police officers who every day put their life on the line to protect us. So we wish speedy, speedy recovery, Speaker. Speaker, I will be referring the supplementary to the Government House Leader, but I do want to address the issue of the Premier's availability today. She is doing her job as Premier. She is on her way to Sault Ste. Marie. She's got a number of events there, including a very important announcement at Algoma College. She's been available multiple times over the weekend. She was in Lindsay on Friday. She was with MPP Wong to visit the residents at Shepherd's Village. She's been available all weekend long to answer questions, and I will look forward to the supplementary speaker. Thank you. Supplementary. Well, I hope, Speaker, I can have your assistance. If the Premier is not able to answer questions today, I certainly hope the Deputy Premier will answer those on the Premier's behalf and not refer them. You know, the Premier and I actually had a meeting, Premier Nguyen, on January 28th in her office. I assumed I was speaking with Premier Nguyen on January 28th. She conducted herself that way in the Premier's office, and she actually asked me to back off on pursuing contempt charges in committee. I now understand why. I understand, too, that you attended a caucus meeting on January 30th of this year, 2014, and Premier Nguyen ran that caucus meeting, not Dalton McGuinty. Can you confirm that Premier Nguyen was in charge? She ran the caucus meeting on January 30th. Thank you. Mr. Speaker, let's start at the beginning. Thursday we learned of some very serious allegations. They are allegations, Mr. Speaker. But, Mr. Speaker, if true, they are very serious, and we take them very seriously on this side of the House. The fact of the matter, Mr. Speaker, if members take time to review the document which was tabled in court, they will learn that these are allegations which pertain to the period in which Premier McGuinty was Premier and to his former Chief of Staff. They make no reference, Mr. Speaker, to an involvement by the current Premier, Mr. Speaker. The current Premier has explained that, and despite that, Mr. Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition continues with baseless accusations, which are, quite frankly, below an insult to the office that he holds. And, Mr. Speaker, we look to him to remedy the situation, Mr. Speaker, and to stop playing politics with this very serious matter. Final supplementary. You know, again, Mr. Speaker, these are the most serious of allegations of the criminal destruction of evidence in the Premier's office around the gas-planned scan. The member from Glendier and Professor Russell come to order. The Premier is unable to answer these questions today, despite knowing these questions would be at the top of the list. The Deputy Premier should do so. Taxpayers are entitled to very direct answers to simple, straightforward questions. If you argue that Premier Nguyen was unaware of what was happening under her watch, that she was in charge, then that shows that she was grossly incompetent and extraordinary negligent. So either she was complicit or she willfully looked the other way, either of which qualify her to be Premier of the province of Ontario and get us under the mess that we're in. So let me ask you again, Deputy Premier, which is it? Was she involved or did she simply intentionally look the other way? Do you see the case? Do you see the case? Thank you. Government House Leader. Mr. Speaker, this is very disappointing. The Leader of the Opposition has no interest in the facts. Mr. Speaker, the documents that were tabled in court make it clear that the accusations, they remain accusations, Mr. Speaker. We all have to be very careful. Deal with the former Chief of Staff to Premier McGinty and have nothing to do with the current Premier. You know, Mr. Speaker, let's try to get our facts straight here. The Leader of the Opposition stands up and talks about a meeting with the incoming Premier before she became Premier in her office. Mr. Speaker, that was in the office of the interim, excuse me, the acting or the incoming Premier, Mr. Speaker. That had nothing to do with Premier McGinty's office. Premier McGinty was Premier until February the 11th and the accusations which are outlined, the accusations which have not been proven, Mr. Speaker, involve his former Chief of Staff. It is time, Mr. Speaker, that the Leader of the Opposition, he is debasing his office, acknowledged these facts, and removed Mr. Speaker from his website and stopped repeating allegations which are totally baseless. Thank you. New question. Please honor the opposition.  Facts are stubborn things. And I met with Premier Wayne in her office when she conducted herself as Premier. Order. January. Excuse me. The Minister of Finance will come to order second time. Please carry on. Facts are facts, and I'm going to hold you accountable on behalf of taxpayers in the province of Ontario to get the bottom. Please conduct yourself as Premier. The House Leader now says, well, she was something called Acting Premier. She also says she was the Premier at Designant. She says she's Leader of the Liberal Party. Enough of the dissembling, enough of this information, the fact of the matter was Kathleen Wynne was in charge. Excuse me. Please withdraw. Thank you. The fact of the matter is Kathleen Wynne was in charge. She was at the wheel. This is as much Kathleen Wynne scandal as Dalton McGinty's. The criminal destruction of evidence, the allegations. The case was reported on March 6th, 2020. So, Kathleen, was she responsible, or was she willfully negligent, both of which, disqualify her? Thank you. The Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities will come to order. Deputy Premier. Government House Leader, Sir. Government House Leader. Mr. Speaker, the meeting and question between the Leader of the Opposition and Kathleen Wynne was held in the Transition Office, not the Premier's office located here in this building, Mr. Speaker. I think it's time that we get our facts straight. Mr. Speaker, there were documents that were filed in court last Thursday, Mr. Speaker, and those documents made it clear that this is an unproven allegation, Mr. Speaker, against the former Chief of Staff of Premier McGinty. Mr. Speaker, there have been a number of third parties who have taken a look at these documents. Let me tell you what they're saying. The Ottawa Citizen March 28th, quote, Trail of Evidence and Gas Plant Probe ends before Wynn's government starts. Ottawa Citizen, same day, March 28th, quote, detectives have found no evidence that any computers in Premier Kathleen Wynn's office were accessed. Toronto Star, March 29th, 2014, a close reading of the 111 pages of OPP documents provides no hint yet of any info priority. Wynn Wynn was Premier. Office. I'll refresh your memory another meeting that took place. Minister of Energy, come to order. This is just me who met with Kathleen Wynn as Premier. On January 31st, Kathleen Wynn and Dalton McGinty met with left-wing party. Minister of Aboriginal Affairs, come to order. On that day, January 31st, Kathleen Wynn took over as Premier Designant, which gave the authority to direct government activities. January 31st, she met with Dalton McGinty and a Lieutenant Governor. She became Premier Designant. That tells me that she was in charge, that she is responsible, that this scandal has equal responsibility with Kathleen Wynn and Dalton McGinty. And my question is, why didn't she say no? Why didn't she stop the destruction of evidence related to the Gas Plant scandal? Is that an incredible failure to do a very basic job expected by taxpayers? Just as a reminder to all members, I will say it over and over again, please refer to all members in this place, either by their title or by their writing. Thank you. Deputy, sorry, Governor Houselier. Mr. Speaker, the member has opposite accusations. He can repeat them over and over again, but they do not make them true. They are baseless, Mr. Speaker. They are irresponsible and they demean the very high office that he holds. Mr. Speaker, again, last Thursday we learned of a document that was filed in the court. That document contains allegations, unproven, Mr. Speaker, about the former Chief of Staff to Premier McGinty, and it outlines a series of activities that happened while Premier McGinty was the Premier, Mr. Speaker. The Leader of the Opposition can try to turn himself into pretzels and stand here over and over again, Mr. Speaker, saying things which are not accurate, but the fact of the matter is, Mr. Speaker, that the facts speak for themselves. And as the Leader of the Opposition learned yesterday, Mr. Speaker, we have certainly on this side of the House consulted legal experts as to the action that we may be taking, Mr. Speaker, if he continues in this baseless stream of allegations. Thank you. Final supplementary. Well, let's look at Kathleen Wynne's record. She initially said that the g- Excuse me. Title, please. Premier Wynne's record. She said initially the gas plan scandal cost 40 million. We found it was a billion dollars. We found out she has the co-chair of the Liberal campaign when they ordered the cancellation of the gas plants. She was actually the one who signed the cabinet direction to pay Trans-Canada whatever it took to make the gas plant scandal go away. That cost taxpayers a billion dollars. She had meetings in her office January 28th, with me January 31st with the Premier, and then on February the 7th, she ordered the Auditor General to do a review of the gas plant file. You say she was in charge February 11th. On February 7th, she was giving orders around here. So clearly she was in charge, and if she wasn't, the extraordinary incompetence tells me she's not fit to keep this province out of the mess we're in. Clearly, if we want to get Ontario back on track, it's time to change the team that runs this province. Thank you. Mr. Speaker, please. Thank you. Government House Leader. Mr. Speaker, I will put the Premier's record up against the Leader of the Opposition's record any day of the week. Order, please. Member from Simcoe North, come to order. Thank you. Mr. Speaker, that restruct the Justice Committee with a broad mandate and broad powers has provided hundreds of thousands of documents to that committee, has appeared twice in front of that committee and made sure that government members and ministers and staff have also appeared and what we have from the Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Speaker, who's someone who went on YouTube and said that if he became Premier of the province, then he would cancel the gas plants, Mr. Speaker. We have a Leader of the Party whose candidates went out and campaigned against the very same gas plants that he's speaking about today, Mr. Speaker, and he will not come clean and acknowledge that very simple yet important fact. Your question. Thank you, Speaker. Question period is supposed to be a venue for the government to be held accountable by refusing to face questions today about the liberal gas plant scandal. The Premier is making a mockery of accountability. New Democrats will not participate. New question. Tough they get going to the Deputy Premier and I would expect an answer. On January 26th, Premier Nguyen becomes Leader of the Liberal Party. On the 28th, she meets with the Leader of the Official Opposition asking to stop the gas plant probe. On the 30th of January, she meets with the Prime Minister in a caucus meeting. On January 31st, she meets with the Premier, Dalton McGinty, to assume leadership as Premier-elect. On February 4th, an IT services cabinet officer provides David Livingston's executive assistance with a global administrative password. On February 6th, Laura Miller, Deputy Chief of Staff has computer access. From February 7th, Premier Nguyen is Premier of Ontario and ensures that there is access to a 24-hour drive clean. On Thursday, March 27th, 2014, I asked them if we could have Premier Nguyen for a drive. She refused to give it. Thank you. Deputy Premier. Government House Leader. Mr. Speaker, let me ask the Honourable Member to recall another date. In fact, the Leader remembered February 11th, Mr. Speaker, when Premier Nguyen was sworn in as Premier in this very chamber with the Leader of the Opposition present. Fat of the matter is, Mr. Speaker, this dog doesn't hunt. February 11th was when Kathleen Nguyen became Premier, but Mr. Speaker, let's go beyond that, Mr. Speaker, to look at the document that was released that was made public last Thursday, the court document. It makes very clear, Mr. Speaker, that there are allegations, serious allegations, not proven, Mr. Speaker, against the former Chief of Staff Mr. Livingston of Premier McGinty about actions that took place under his watch. Mr. Speaker, I can continue quoting the Globe and Mail. March 31st, 2014, there is nothing in the documents that suggest any records were deleted after Ms. Nguyen was sworn into office on February 11th, 2000. Thank you. Supplementary. Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the Prime Minister for being the leader and, in fact, the Premier. She is expecting us to believe that no one was Premier of Ontario for six weeks. There's not an Ontario out there that believes that. They believe that Kathleen Nguyen was Premier of Ontario on the February 11th. They believe that the computers were accessed during that period of time. If the Premier is so clean on all of this, they will be able to clean the documents that she has been dealt with, tampered with or deleted. She hasn't done that because she either doesn't know or has been. She needs to come clean. Will your government do it on behalf of the taxpayers? Thank you. Mr. Speaker, maybe we need a little bit more money for opposition research. I see the Honourable Member's fueling her tirades over the past few days where it outlines, Mr. Speaker, those computers which it is alleged were tampered with, Mr. Speaker, and it's very clear that the current Premier's name appears nowhere, Mr. Speaker. No, the current Premier's computer was not involved with this. The court documents are very clear and the Honourable Member to be engaging in this sort of baseless allegation, Mr. Speaker, these drive-by smears is really an insult to the office that she holds as an opposition critic. Mr. Speaker, on February 11th Premier Nguyen became Premier before that Premier McGee was Premier and the court documents make very clear, as the media reports have outlined, that the allegations in question are about his former Chief of Staff, Mr. Livingston. Thank you. New question. The Member from Mississauga, Brampton. Training, colleges and universities. The city of Brampton is one of the fastest growing communities in Canada. This means that more and more young people are graduating from our high schools and deciding about their future. I strongly believe that post-secondary education is vital for the success of young people in this ever-changing, competitive world. Therefore, the creation of a university campus in an underserved area like Brampton is very important, because that provides an opportunity for our young people to get a high-quality post-secondary education closer to their homes. And I'm very passionate about the possibility of locating a university campus that can better serve the needs of students in Brampton. Can the minister tell my constituents how can we bring a new campus to Brampton? The member has been a hugely strong advocate in our region for post-secondary education. Our government released its framework for major capacity expansion in December, and on Thursday we put out our request for proposals. We're deeply committed to making sure that the long-term investments necessary to build on the world-class reputation of our post-secondary sector that our post-secondary sector has earned. We need to plan ahead so that our post-secondary system has the next generation of students. We also know that having a post-secondary institution expand or locate in the community can have a tremendous local economic impact. Interested municipalities will need to work through a university proponent to participate in this RFP. I know the member has a long-standing interest in this RFP, and I'm sure students in her community appreciate that. Thank you. Supplementary. It's great to hear that the residents of my great riding of Miss Saga South will have an opportunity to work together to bring a new campus to the city of Brampton. However, I'm sure that the people of Brampton would like to know more about how they can qualify for a campus under the government's policy framework, and I will certainly do everything I can to work with local partners to make that happen. Mr. Speaker, can the minister explain what factors he will be considering when reviewing applications? Thank you, minister. Process for consideration of our campus capacity expansion RFP will be transparent and fair for all proponents. A key consideration will be ensuring the expansions take place in regions where student demand and growth is located. 30% of the waiting will go to location. Cost is also critical during these challenging fiscal times. 40% of waiting will go toward sustainability for students and taxpayers and value for money. And 30% of waiting will go toward the campus product itself, including local community and economic impacts, promotion of innovation, impact on labor market needs and alignment with differentiation priorities among others. Preference will be given to proponents that involve partnerships with colleges. After a decade of record investment in our globally competitive post-secondary education system, to ensure we provide that next generation of students with the quality of education they deserve. Thank you. My question is for the acting Premier. There are a lot of similarities between the gas plant scandal and Ontario's latest financial debacle. Your government said the gas plant cancellation would cost $40 million, but it took the auditor general to tell us it's really $4.1 billion. And now, in the budget, you told us and the financial community that you'll balance by 2017, yet only days before that, your own documents entitled quote, Confidential Advice to Cabinet quote, said you had a $4.5 billion gap. I'm sensing a pattern here. During the gas plant scandal, you knew one thing and told the public something different, and now you're doing the same with finance. It's the opposite to be true. Quite frankly, how do we believe anything you ever say again? Mr. Speaker, we wrote off $40 million as attributed to the cancellation of that power plant, and that was written off. The auditor general was asked to review, and they noted that the relocation of the power plant over the period of 30 years would amount to an additional building as a valuation of that facility, the investments in transmission, and so forth. The member is now talking about the integrity of the numbers that have been presented. Numbers that also the auditor general has reviewed and confirmed as correct. And now he's saying that we've somehow hidden something that's been out there for public consumption in our fall economic statement. If the member would just read, Mr. Speaker, he would understand exactly where is that place, and the fact that we're going through the global changes. We're reacting and we're taking the proper steps to meet our targets and balance the books by 2017-18. As you said, we agree. Thank you. Stop for a minute. Thank you very much. Back to the acting premier. Let me compare the gas plant scandal to your financial debacle another way. During the contempt hearings, you turned over 36,000 documents, and a dozen cabinet ministers stood up and declared, quote, we're on track to balance the budget. Yet your confidential advice to cabinet only days before told you and your cabinet ministers you're not on track to balance the budget. You're on track to balance the budget by 2017-18, and again eight cabinet ministers stood up in this legislature and declared, quote, we're on track to balance the budget. Yet your confidential advice to cabinet only days before told you and your cabinet ministers you're not on track to balance. I have a question for you. Why do liberal cabinet ministers continue to stand in this legislature and say one thing when they know the complete opposite to be true? Thank you. Minister of Finance. Mr. Speaker, we are on track to balance the books by 2017-18.  Our spending was less than one percent year over year, and we were the only government to actually cut spending last year. We have met our targets. The Auditor General has confirmed them as such. We're taking the steps necessary. And what is true, Mr. Speaker, is that we do have a plan to create those jobs and stimulate economic growth by investing in our economy, not by doing across-the-board cuts that would make it even more difficult for recovery. So we recognize what's necessary. We have also acknowledged that our economy today has changed. And Ontario's had to recalibrate to ensure that we stay ahead. And we've led the way. We have more than 180 percent of those jobs returned to the province of Ontario because of the actions that we've taken and working in collaboration with our stakeholders. We're the leanest government in Canada, the lowest cost government by far from any other government in this country. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the new Minister of Co-operative Housing. Co-operative housing is an important component of Ontario's affordable housing solution. Several cooperative housing units were originally built in the 1970s. The then federal government had worked with the province to ensure that they received federal support. With these agreements, the co-ops helped Ontario's most needy by providing rent gear to income subsidies, making life more affordable to Ontarians. However, these agreements are inspiring and we're quickly approaching the day in 2020 when most of these contracts will end and so will rent gear to income supplements. Two weeks ago, the Closing the House and Gap campaign was here at Queen's Park advocating that our government stand up for these vulnerable Ontarians. Mr. Speaker, true you to the Minister, could he please explain what our government has done to support Ontario's cooperatives and social housing providers? Thank you, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Thank you very much and I'd like to thank the member from Scarborough Rouge River for his advocacy on behalf of those in co-op and social housing. I want to recognize the hard work and advocacy of a few people, Bud Purvis, Harvey Cooper, Ginia Day and Sean Gayden who came to the legislature to advocate for this very important issue. Our government believes that long-term local solutions are the only way that we can tackle homelessness. Our government has focused on Ontario's housing first strategy, which gives priority to finding permanent housing linked to flexible support services. We understand the importance of this. It's why we've invested $3 billion in affordable housing since 2003 more than any government before us. Though we've got more work to do, I was pleased to learn that the former minister met with Councillor Anna Bailau in February to hear their concerns and see how our government could help. I reaffirm, Speaker, that Ontario's most vulnerable and all housing providers and the federal government to ensure that we have predictable long-term solutions for Ontario's most vulnerable. Thank you, Speaker. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to thank the minister for the answer. I'm sure my constituents will be pleased to hear our government's commitment to co-operative and social housing. Two weeks ago, the Housing Gap campaign came to Queen's Park. They spoke of their need for funds to continue their investment in capital repairs for Toronto community housing, which will be $2.6 billion over the next decade. They also have asked that we have all parties in this house stand with our government to continue our call on the federal government to maintain their existing housing stock. Stock. They believe that the federal government needs to come back to the table with a long-term stable source of funding. Mr. Speaker, through you to the minister, could he please explain what our government is doing to ensure that the opposition, the third party, follow our government's lead on calling on the federal government to maintain their funding. Thank you, minister. Thank you. Our government has continued, Speaker, to call on our federal partners to join with our government to come up with a stable long-term solution for homelessness in Ontario. We've had a lot of parties at the Roma OGRA conference last month to ask their local members and minister Kennedy to urge the federal government to come back to the table and understand the City of Bramford is doing so. However, unfortunately, like the federal conservatives, Speaker, the third party's been silent and we can see what's happened here today. Sadly, this is typical for a party whose leader has said that according to the Toronto Star has done everything possible to avoid policies on tough issues that require political bravery. With that in the sidelines, we've acted over $600 million for affordable housing in Toronto since 2003. 4,700 new housing units repairing over 37 in almost 15,000 homes with housing allowances and rents-ups. There's more to do. This is a societal issue, Speaker, and I hope the third party will finally stand shoulder to shoulder with us to demand that the federal government step up. New question, the member from Cambridge. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, for the acting Premier. We've all heard before the tales of what the Premier knew to be a fact. She knew the cost of the Oakville cancellations would cost $40 million, despite signing a cabinet document that stated otherwise. She knew the documents requested a committee had been made public before thousands and thousands more were dropped on our desks at the 11th hour. So we excuse the people of Ontario after a year and a half of being taken for a ride by this Premier, where she's dropped us off. Either the Premier knew full well what was going on, or she was willfully blind to the facts. Acting Premier, can you tell the people of Ontario which is it? Good question. Mr. Speaker, talk about being blind to the facts. Mr. Speaker, we've all established Kathleen Wynne became Premier of this province. Mr. Speaker, don't take my word for it. I invite the honourable member to go read the document that was tabled in court. That document made very clear that the accusations which have not been proven, I think we all have to be very careful, were about the actions that took place under Premier McGinty's time as Premier with his former Chief of Staff. The fact of the matter is, Mr. Speaker, again, I can quote media outlet after media outlet which undertook the process of it and came away with the conclusion, Mr. Speaker, that they are engaging in the most baseless kind of character attacks. And as Mr. Speaker, the Premier pointed out in her open letter yesterday, she is taking the steps of consulting legal experts on this. Mr. Speaker, that was a completely unbelievable answer. This government brags about the number of documents handed over. When they know full well the most damning documents are deleted or hidden or corrupted or damaged or destroyed by a liberal strategist's boyfriend. We are worried, Mr. Speaker, we're worried there is no reason for the Premier to come clean with the people of Ontario because in the world of liberal politics, money talks, especially hush money.  She gets promoted to Press Secretary, the Minister of Education, and Becky Codd-Downey gets promoted as Press Secretary. Rebecca McKenzie gets promoted to Chief of Staff, all while Peter Wallace felt it wasn't his place to say anything at all. Acting Premier, why do the McGinty Win Liberals get promotions and that caution is the excuse me excuse me excuse me the member from Lampton Kent Middlesex the member from Lent Lampton Kent Middlesex is continuing to speak first one I was trying to say something and then when I was trying to get his attention the Minister of Education will come to order the member from Simcoe North will come to order I'm going to offer a caution I don't like some of the language although I didn't quite find it part on parliamentary I'm going to caution the member not to go any further with that kind of accusation Governor House Leader Mr. Speaker I didn't think it was possible I didn't think it was possible for the member to go any lower but he's just proven it in that question Mr. Speaker last Thursday document was made public a court document which contains allegations about the former Chief of Staff to Premier McGinty it's a voluminous document Mr. Speaker I understand over a hundred pages everyone who's looked at it knows that it is very very clearly about the former Premier's watch and the allegations are directed at Mr. Livingston they are not proven and Mr. Speaker to stand up here in the legislature and to attempt to drag through the mud the names of hard-working staffers on this side of the house Mr. Speaker who were in no way implicated in that document that makes it very very clear Mr. Speaker is beneath him Mr. Speaker I thought that members is an honourable member but what he just did Mr. Speaker is beyond beyond Mr. Speaker contempt and I cannot believe that he would have said that. Thank you new question the members of the Scarborough Guildwood. Speaker my question today is for the minister responsible for seniors affairs minister on several occasions while addressing this legislature you have provided up-to-date information on the implementation of the Retirement Homes Act 2010. Thanks to this important piece of legislation for the first time in Ontario seniors living in retirement homes have strong protections under provincial law. Mr. Speaker in Scarborough alone there are ten retirement homes four of which are in my riding of Scarborough Guildwood serving hundreds of senior residents minister I know that you have been to several locations in Scarborough and our seniors have welcomed you there. I know my constituents of Scarborough Guildwood appreciate this government's hard work to keep these residents safe and secure and involved in their local communities. Speaker can the minister inform this house of some of the work conducted by the retirement homes regulatory authority question. Thank you minister responsible for seniors affairs. Thank you very much speaker. It's indeed very refreshing to hear the member from Scarborough Guildwood speak with such passion and advocacy about seniors and it the same goes for all our seniors. Speaker let me say that since its inception we have up to some six hundred and ninety seven retirement home licensed speaker and this speaks well for the regulatory authority. Speaker as well we have to say that thanks to the present government our seniors today are enjoying in their retirement homes more safety more protection than ever before. It means that the regulatory authorities working speaker and what will continue to do so since 2012 up to thousand now speaker we have received some five thousand inquiry with respect to retirement homes. We continue to provide information on the conditions of all the retirement home speakers that is available to all the seniors and their families. They can access that information to the answer the info line as well as the RHA R H R A dot C A Web site I'd like to thank the minister for that answer and I know that families in my riding of Scarborough Guildwood are also thankful that this government has always been ready and willing to listen to the needs of our seniors. Speaker the seniors of my riding like thousands of seniors across Ontario have worked so hard to build this great province like my parents who emigrated from Jamaica arrived they arrived in Canada many years ago. They chose to make this their home right here in Ontario. They went straight to work laying the foundations for the communities we live in today. Speaker recently the fifth phase of the Retirement Homes Act 2010 came into effect. Can the minister explain how these new regulations continue to build on the successful protections implemented by our government? Thank you minister. Again Speaker I want to thank the member for the question and she's quite right. We have made quite a few improvements since the act came into force. As a matter of fact we have just approved the phase five of the retirement regulatory authority speaker and I have to say thanks to the present government of Cattle in Wind. Seniors today are moving forward and they know that they can get better service, better quality, better care in a very safe environment. What are some of the changes that we have been proposing and coming from the phase five speaker? We have established the Retirement Home Regulatory Authority Emergency Fund. We have mandatory insurance for each retirement home. We have established formal process for complaint handling by the RHRA included complaint review officer, screening for staff and volunteer by the police and as well speaker we have created an RHRA. Thank you. New question for the member for Prince Edward Hastings. Thank you very much Mr. Speaker. My question this morning is for the acting Premier. Your unelected handpicked Liberal Premier knew when she ran for the leadership of your disgraced party that she was inheriting the contempt charges she was inheriting the criminal activity that went along with it.  Yet she stood on a stage arm in arm chanting the name Dalton as you did even though that his reputation had been tarnished beyond belief. She knew that the gas plant scandal was the biggest scandal in Ontario's history and it turns out the most expensive too. Yet she expects us to believe that she knew nothing about the secret diabolical mission that was going on to destroy documents in her office when she was the Premier. Now Minister I know you have your own OPP investigation to contend with but how can you continue to stand up for this government that's so embroiled in criminal activity. Thank you. See the police. Again I'm going to offer a caution to making any accusations of criminal activity is not expected from any member in this house. Deputy Premier. To the government house leader speaker. You know Mr. Speaker it really does insult the office that that member holds is a critic. That question Mr. Speaker was the worst kind of politics and what we've seen here today. Mr. Speaker is a progressive conservative party that doesn't care about facts.  Mr. Speaker all they care about. Well please. The draw. Mr. Speaker all they care about is scoring very cheap political points. The fact of the matter is Mr. Speaker that the reason why we are having this debate and discussion here is because a court document was made public last Thursday and that court document is very serious but it's very clear. It's about allegations that took place under the former Premier. Mr. Speaker and it is directed. It's not proven Mr. Speaker. And again we have to be very careful at his former chief of staff Mr. Livingston. But you know Mr. Speaker if the Honourable Member wants to talk about gas plants then perhaps in the supplementary he'll tell us about the cost. When they stood on YouTube and promised that if they were elected that those gas plants would be canceled. Thank you. The member from Oxford will withdraw. Supplementary. Mr. Speaker back to the acting Premier and I don't know what the heck this government is going to do when that guy leaves because somebody's actually going to have to answer a question over there. You know what the thing. The stink of this gas plant scandal is something this government can't outrun. They're trying to continue the cover up as long as they can Mr. Speaker but they're not going to get away with it. You've got the same old McGinty cast of characters there. You know these are the same people that stood up on the stage in January of last year and said they were going to continue the Dalton legacy. That's what they promised to do. And yes Mr. Speaker they've done an excellent job of it because it's already cost us over a billion dollars to cancel that gas plant. Any time anyone brings this government's incompetence to light.  Silence and censure. Will you do the honorable thing you said you'd stand on your record. Will you call the non-confidence motion today and let the public decide this once and for all. Before I before I turn I I offer an apology to the member from Oxford. I was incorrect and I apologize. I will now ask the member from Nipissing to withdraw withdraw. Thank you. Speaker I'm not sure about my colleagues but when I saw that ridiculous display I'm quite proud of the fact that our Premier has sought and obtained legal advice. Mr. Speaker the fact of the matter is that what we have seen from the opposition is this drive by smear. Mr. Speaker again there was a document that was released by the courts last Thursday that makes it very clear that there were serious allegations Mr. Speaker that took place under the former Premier's watch. Again Mr. Speaker what is the Toronto Star have to say on March 29th. The close reading of the 111 pages of OPP documents provides no hint of yet of any impropriety when Premier Wynn was Premier. Toronto Star March 30th regarding Tim Hudex claims about Premier Wynn the OPP documents suggest no such thing. Mr. Speaker it is time that the Progressive Conservatives came clean Mr. Speaker they apologize and they remove the offensive the offensive language from their website and stop spreading these unbased fears. Questions. My question is for the Minister of Research and Innovation. Ontario is recognized for the many excellent academic and research institutions and the strong collaboration with the industry. To build on this further we continue to create the right condition that will lead to innovative business climate that will attract investment create jobs and increase the quality of life Ontarians. Fostering collaboration this intensely competitive global economy is important and is also a competitive advantage. To help to translate Ontario's research strength into competitive commercialized activities business must be able to access world class knowledge and expertise available in Ontario's research institution. Mr. Speaker through you to the Minister of Research Innovation what step is the government's taking to facilitate knowledge mobilization between the industry and academic institutions. Thank you Mr. Speaker and I would like to thank the member from Scarborough Aging Court for that very important question. Mr. Speaker our government recognizes the importance of a strong relationship between academic and the research institutions and also industry in our province. That's why our government created collaboration voucher program which provides redeemable credits to small and the medium-sized businesses for expertise and resources from Ontario's research and academic institutions and research hospitals. Collaboration vouchers Mr. Speaker are a practical tool to facilitate knowledge mobilization between industry and academic institutions. Not only does this voucher program help businesses improve their competitiveness around the world and productivity in the marketplace but it helps translate Ontario's research strengths into stronger innovation and commercial activity in the future. I am proud Mr. Speaker that our government's initiatives to foster strategic collaboration and knowledge mobilization in our province of Ontario. Thank you supplementary. Thank you Mr. Speaker I'm pleased to hear that our government is undertaking a stronger collaboration between the innovative business and industry and academic institution. Ontario's research community is a globally recognized as commercial friendly jurisdiction that supports the growth of innovative companies and activities. International research collaboration is a rapidly grown component of core research activities for all countries. They enable researchers to participate in networks of cutting-edge and innovative activity. Ontario is a home of many world-class researchers. They know collaboration provides opportunities to move further and faster by working in with others leading people in the field. But in a global context especially in the developing countries and economies ramping up their research investments to achieve promise it must collaborate nationally and building international bridges. Mr. Speaker to the minister of research and innovation can he please let us know what international partnerships and collaboration a government has undertaken to promote this research. Thank you minister. Thank you Mr. Speaker I want to thank again the member from the Scarborough agent corps for that question. Mr. Speaker Ontario understands the importance of collaboration and the building international bridges to remain competitive. Ontario has several active MOUs that focuses on promoting Ontario's strengths while attracting investments to Ontario. In fact I had the pleasure of visiting China a couple of weeks ago with the focus of collaboration and collaborative opportunities in life sciences information and information technology and clean technology. We announced that the next phase of our MOU between our government and the ministry of science and technology of China under this MOU a total of 12 academic and industry research and development collaboration projects are being funded by both our governments as Ontario's second largest trading partner China's emerging economy will remain a key factor in Ontario's international business strategy. Mr. Speaker these partnerships these partnerships will lead to the generation of new technologies at lacking talent and international investments into our province of Ontario and creating jobs for today and tomorrow. Thank you. Your question to the member from the Dean Carlson. Thanks very much speaker. Please have the added opportunity today. My question is to the acting premier look I don't know what is worse the premier evading this assembly and not answering questions. The the member knows full well we do not make reference to people's presence or absence in this house. Don't do it again please. I'm not sure what's worse the fact that the premier's avoiding accountability or the fact that the NDP is refusing to hold this government to account. So I'm going to try it one more time since they will not answer whether or not the premier's hard drive was wiped will the acting premier afford us this opportunity in telling us whether or not the premier's senior transition staff and all of our staff actually had any of their data wiped clean during that period of time. Thank you Deputy Premier. Mr. Speaker I answered that question several minutes ago. The Honourable Member can look at the document that was released by the court which talks about a series of computers which allegations are about Mr. Speaker. It does not include premier win Mr. Speaker. It includes a list of individuals that's made very clear in that document and Mr. Speaker I'll tell you what's really bad is the basis allegations coming from the opposition and I'll pick up on one point she made about the new democrats because it's not just against the progressive conservatives let me quote the Toronto Star March 30th the leader of the NDP indulged in conventional opposition mischief by implying police were quote now focusing on questions about the period after you were sworn in and became premier a clear misreading of the OPP documents and it's kind of interesting Mr. Speaker the theatrics we saw from the new democrats because when the PCs tried the same thing in November 2009 the leader of the NDP answered quote new democrats believe that it's extremely important to bring the voices of the people into this legislature I do not I I not only don't approve of their tactic thank you PCs but it changes the channel for them thank you thank you supplementary the NDP and the Liberals can play all the games that they want with the PR stunt by the premier yesterday and the PR stunt by the by the NDP today the only leader that is here committed to getting to the bottom of the gas plant scandal is Tim Hudak we are the official opposition I would like to know this how much was Peter Fass the outsider hired by the Liberals to just deplete the public records paid was he paid from the premier's office budget from the Liberal Party of Ontario how much was he given to destroy these records under the premier win leadership Mr. Speaker as I said many of the issues that have been raised by the member been dealt with in the court document Mr. Speaker in terms of the IT company that the honorable member speaking up we learned of the allegations on Thursday as she knows following those revelations an internal investigation was conducted and it was determined that the company has previously done occasional IT services work for the caucus office under the former premier in the party office the company was informed yesterday that services at the party office were terminated the proper authorities have been proactively made aware but to be clear Mr. Speaker the allegations centre on the former chief of staff to Premier McGinty these are serious allegations no one disputes that but the fact of the matter is Mr. Speaker they are still allegations and I all members all members Mr. Speaker to be very careful and to allow the police to do their work thank you Speaker my question is to the acting premier acting premier I understand yesterday the premier sent an open letter to the leader of the opposition in the letter the premier asks the leader of the opposition his caucus and his party to stop making false and defamatory allegations acting premier would you share with the House the contents of that letter Deputy Premier thank you Speaker and I would be happy to read into the record the contents of this letter dated March 30th 2014 to Mr. Tim Hudak dear Mr. Hudak during your press conference on March 27th you made several false misleading and defamatory allegations about me this is from the premier you alleged that I personally quote oversaw and possibly ordered the criminal destruction of documents unquote and that criminal conduct took place in my office the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party repeated these false allegations on its website and in a public mailing these allegations accusations are false and utterly unsupported answer you ought to know it speaker I will continue in the supplementary supplementary thank you to the acting premier for beginning to share that letter from the day that she was sworn in the premier has opened up the government to an unprecedented degree exactly under the current premier the government has implemented mandatory record keeping rules and staff training and new rules limiting political staff in and their involvement in commercial third-party transactions right acting premier would you continue to share the contents of that letter thank you deputy senior thank you the premier goes on to say as political leaders it is our role and public duty to engage in spirited political debate on on issues the decision to relocate the gas plants in the facts ongoing police investigation are legitimate subjects for this political debate false misleading and defamatory statements are not and they represent the worst kind of politics that is why i'm writing this open letter to you there should be no tolerance for false and defamatory accusations as a means to gain political power i am asking you and your member from storm on come to order immediately stop repeating these untrue statements and to immediately remove them from the pc party website and all other communications i have sought and i can please be seated please thank you new question the members from the pn carleton as my question is to the government house leader moments ago the government house leader indicated that peter fast had a contract with the liberal party of ontario according to reality on january 26 cathleen win became premier but also became leader of the liberal party that means he was one of her contracted employees this revelation is quite serious and in that it gives us more of an understanding into what is going on with this liberal government so i ask the government house leader once more were members of the transition team and kathleen wins hard drives wiped clean yes or no by a contracted employee of the liberal party of ontario question kathleen win assumed the leadership of your party mr. Speaker i i think this stretches longer than a Leonard Cohen song i mean the fact of the matter mr Speaker the fact of the matter is mr. Speaker the last thursday a court document was made public and mr. Speaker i would invite the honorable i believe it's on the Toronto star website i know you have to pay a certain fee every month taxes but mr. Speaker i would invite her to read that because it outlines a number of computers and it names those staff of the former premier premier McGinty that were in fact according to this document wiped clean there are allegations about the former chief of staff these are unproven allegations mr. Speaker and i think all of us should allow the police to do the work but in terms of mr. Speaker the premier's transition team i will point out to the honorable member that the committee has received information the justice committee and emails from the premier's transition team and again she should read those documents as i say mr. Speaker the court document makes clear what computers are talking about and its staff of former premier McGinty supplementary thank you the i'm sure that the minister is well aware that i was the first person to bring the revelations to the floor of this assembly we're quite aware of what's in the ito i asked this minister for very specific order he is choosing not to provide them i would ask the minister one more time would he provide the assembly the committee and the leader of the official opposition with the nature of the contract for peter face from the liberal party of ontario thank you thank you member member from dufferin call it and come to order government house leader mr. Speaker both the caucus office and party require significant it services both to support staff to communicate with ontarians my understanding is the company performed it services like routine maintenance but mr. Speaker again mr. Speaker mr. Speaker i invite i invite the member to take a look at the court document that was released last thursday mr. Speaker on her document clearly outlines allegations mr. Speaker unproven allegations against the former chief of staff and in terms of the current premier mr. Speaker she was the one who worked i can tell you as house leader to open up a very broad a committee with a very broad mandate with a great deal of power mr. Speaker we have provided three hundred and twenty six thousand documents to that committee including documents and emails from the transition team and again mr. Speaker she should read them question members and then you're thank you very much speaker my question is to the minister of infrastructure and transportation or transportation and infrastructure speaker i drive about uh fifteen hundred kilometers a week and i know that ontario roads are among the safest in north america and while it's important that we continue to keep our roads safe while aiming to keep our seniors driving as long as they can and they do so safely uh recently uh minister your ministry announced changes to the seniors driving tests and i know that seniors in my riding have received this news quite well and many still have questions about exactly what those changes are speaker three i'm just asking the minister can can you please speak to these changes and how it will affect seniors in ontario thank you minister of infrastructure and infrastructure transportation thanks uh very much i have to be very careful mr speaker because my mother i can't give her age because she'll really get upset with me but suffice to say my mother's a woman of a certain age and she's watching what i'm saying so i better be on my best behavior today but uh she is someone who does not drive at night now uh she gave up her car she when she moved to the city so uh she could be close to myself and the rest of the family to take care of her but if she decided and my mother is a woman of some substantial will that she wanted to renew her driver's license again and she has kept it and i i commend the premier when she introduced uh uh equivalent to the driver's licenses so people like my mom can have a license she would take a vision test uh she would undergo a driver record review and she would attend group education sessions as well as complete two in-class screening exercises so these are easier less stressful answer threatening uh solutions and we really look forward to i think an easier system for our mums and dads and our grandparents it's more safe thank you mr. thank you very much speaker and thank you minister for that answer both my mother and father are seniors and i recall quite well my mother knocking my mirror off of my vehicle in the driveway so uh i just wanted to throw that in uh speaker i'm pleased to hear about the changes to the process and uh many seniors share uh the desire to drive for as long as they can and safely as well so uh the old program was onerous that i well know and caused many of the seniors in my area a fair amount of stress many of the enhancements to the program are quite similar to the previous renewal process for seniors but i do notice that we're shortening how long the entire process will take for seniors speaker through you to the minister can uh the minister please explain on why that is and what you've enhanced and will this result question any new fees to our seniors cute minister thank you uh mr mr speaker um i i once lived in the member from glenn gary prescott russians constituency because um my my mother and father nearly ended their relationship over my father's acquisition of half a bowl and my mother didn't realize she thought she wasn't going to have room in the freezer for it until i heard the word artificial insemination where my sister and i were sent away from the dinner table for the rest of my parents' conversation but i know in that constituency and many others uh mr speaker uh it gets dark and there are many areas of glenberry proscat russians rural communities that don't have uh the kind of lighting and when your eyes get a little more challenging to get older it's important so that there will no longer be these complicated tests that people have to study for um they will simply very stressful as the attorney general has just pointed out uh they will just simply be able to come and do a short classroom test that won't require much and as you know with legislation uh before the house first of all there's no fees as the health minister just pointed out none and second of all we're also looking at graduated drivers licenses for seniors as well mr speaker if we pass the legislation for the house thank you the uh the government house leader on a uh on a part of order thank you very much mr speaker i wish to correct my record earlier in question period i referred to uh the current premier before she'd assumed office i got a big tongue tied and said incoming or acting i of course mr speaker meant premier designate at that point the minister of finance on a part of work mr speaker i seek unanimous consent that the question on the motion of second reading of bill 177 an act to amend the legislative assembly act be immediately put forward without further debate or amendment and that the bill be ordered for third reading and that the order of the third reading of bill 177 be immediately called and that the question on the motion for third reading of the bill be put without debate or amendment yeah good idea the minister of the minister of finance seeking unanimous consent to be that the question on the motion of second reading of bill 177 an act to amend the legislative assembly act be immediately put without further debate or amendment and that the bill be ordered for third reading and at the order of the third reading the bill 177 be immediately called on that the question on the most of third reading of the bill be put without debate do we agree I heard a no the member the minister the minister of government services on a point of order I realized I forgot to introduce some elected officials here today from the city of Pickering we have Doug Dickerson deputy mayor and Kevin Ash Councilor Ford one welcome to the member from simple gray on a point of order yes mr. Speaker I seek unanimous consent that the sponsorship of bill 5 an act to freeze compensation for two years in the public sector be transferred to the member for Nipissing member for simple gray is seeking an animus consent to that the sponsorship of bill 5 an act to freeze compensation for two years in public sector be transferred to the member from Nipissing do we agree the minister responsible for senior affairs on a point of order as speaker I would really be happy if I could have a late show on the question that that's not a point of order there are no further there are no there are no deferred votes this house stands recess until 1 p.m. this afternoon


Let's open hour one on our account. We really need We really really really really really need a moments. All right. It's got to be a moments for me It's moments or bust. All right boys.  That's a 200,000 coin card. So I guess that's an L Come on EA sports EA freaking sports. Let's go Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Yeah, these these are crazy, bro. It's just too expensive me too expensive Italian Moments, please be a moments. It is what's a prime? Oh Can you imagine moments the carnival? Can you imagine moments carnival or moments Maldini? Dang we need a moments card. All right, let's get it man.  I beg Prime soul Campbell That's an oof we're due for another moments here boys, okay, I Need a moments. We need a moments right here. Let's go It's it's moments are bust. All right, Netherlands Brazil Portuguese Italian center mid It's moments, but who is it? Pirlo, I Mean not super duper usable, but kind of if you're an Italian fan. It's kind of cool, right? I guess at least it's a moments card. So we are two Two for five on moments. Let's go the first of two moments icons.  Oh Oh, no Call that's an L it is an L indeed. All right, let's go another one another one Another one EA sports. All right, you gave us a shite one. We got the bad luck out of the way Let's run it back for a big boy Portugal center forward No Moments is that? Oh My god, dude, he got prime, but it could have been the moments. It could have been the moments That's still sick. That's still nasty. That's huge. That's huge. I thought it was the moment though, man Let's go Prime you sebio. That's still huge.  It's center mid or center attacking mid and We actually got center forward. Let's go. Let's go. I Know it's not the moments so that kind of like lowers the hype a little bit But we move but we move here. We go boys another one We want moments and moments packs only. Let's go. We just got you sebio Imagine back to back. Hello EA sports. Did I just speak it into existence? Maybe? Nope Oof you sebio is still five mil. Yes, dude. You have a five million coin card Untradable in your club. Let's go Let's go All right, we go another primer moments pack EA sports. Let's go We need a big nationality and we need it to be a moments card need Please be the moments Nah, man. Yo, the moments would have been so much more sick The moments would have been so more like desirable. I mean drug was still cool And he's got the foot whiz kit but moments drug, but all right lads here We go another prime or moments icon player For the culture It better be a moments. All right big nationality. You know what we want to see you know the drill You know the drill England again Please be moments Rio It's just a prime and it's Bobby Moore Did he just say that he got oh? My gosh, man Prime or moments icon player. Let's get it Let's freaking get it boys. It could be center back a cumin. Is it moments? moments cumin That's a w w W that's that's kind of a cool card That's kind of a cool card 80 pace and that's a 600,000 cord card though I would say w for that. I would say w usable right a usable cool card All right boys here. We go a prime or moments icon We go again We go again. Let's go. Let's go It better me moments. That's all we want English again Yo, dude these English strikers pop way too freaking munch Linnaker that's actually kind of a good card right people say that it's kind of good But what is this how much does this guy cost like 300k? 200k so that's a w or I mean sorry. That's an L That's an L. This guy's got a lot of icons already untradable in his club, right? He's already got a lot of icons untradable Let's see if that affects affects his pack luck Spanish CDM. No, bro It's not even a moments. It's just prime.  If you're getting an English flag, that's I guess one of the best English ones except for Rio No way, please be moments. Please be moments.  Okay? That's still a good one You know when you see the flag who it's gonna be that's big King Kenny dog leash You'll take a prime King Kenny Number three here we go. Okay boys We have an over under set at three for moments out of these seven packs over under a set at three French this is good Striker Henri, please be Henri. Please be moments. This could be big Boom Henri moments. That's sick.  This is why much is card. He's like 1.5 mil 1.7 mil let's go Yes Let's go That's massive. That's actually a huge man. I Know it's not the most meta card in the game, but that from this pack right here That's a big big w and Pablo says it We're do a moments. We are do a moments right here We are do a moments icon. I'm feeling it feeling it Essie and moments, please please please please please please be moments be moments be moments. Yes, it's moments, baby Moments, Essie and 92 rated Pog champ Let's go You made bank from SPC fodder GGs man GGs. All right, here we go primer icon moments We're getting it open, baby. Let's go big dubs. We need to see moments only Brazil Cam be a moments be a moments. It's a moments Moments caca.  That is a really really really good poll All right, we go Pablo. This is the guy that we packed Moments on ree for we're back again for a rinse pack for a rinse Prime or icon moments. No way dog leash be the moments. This is our second dog leash today. Could it be the moments? Oh My gosh, man. It's not that's a W though GGs It's a dupe. No It's a dupe. Oh No, man, I was gonna be super pumped for that bro another primer of moments. Hey, yo, this is an RTG account I mean started an RTG He's doing it a moments pack on his RTG. Wow English left-wing G barns moments Now anyone rated that's that's a usable card like nothing expensive or like super duper hype, but it's solid Solid right like small W. Maybe small L All right, here we go boys. I got more moments Michael Owen in the first pack Let's go again EA sports, please I beg Let's go. Let's go. I want to see Netherlands. I want to see Brazil. I want to see portugal center forward Portugal center forward Right wing Figo moments moments moments. I Will take that I will take that. That's a gg That's a gg. How much is Figo? That's a fun-looking card And it's a right wing as well where my club is kind of weak That's a 500,000 coin card. So I will take that small dub What this guy's got a wife. Is he a four star? Four star four star. That's right gg's. He's pretty good. Actually, I've never used him man Never used him, but I'm gonna have to All right, this is the ninth prime icon or moments icon pack Or Pablo's account today the ninth one. This is number nine, dude All right, let's get a big boy English Rio it's gotta be it's moments.  They all fever streamers had him for a bit, but not not now What's up here? We're going to see you by the way attention everybody got a pack sounds good. Here's another moments one Italian center back Cam Pirlo, Pirlo, Pirlo Del Pierro. Yes, dude. That's a dub. Hey Let's go man. I thought that was going to be somebody not very good This is a w It's a very good card. I'm a huge Del Pierro fan as well in FIFA Guys 600,000 coins. That means you got a card that is worth more than the sbc W all right conics Let's rip your pack bro. Here we go Here we go Yeah, slc. Exactly. Maddie. Have a good man. Peace out All right, this is for conics in the chat. Let's go Brazil Cam Moments, please. It's a moment. Who could it be? Ronaldinho. We just got Dinho. No way. No freaking way Holy sheet boys. Are you kidding me? That's like that's a top two What a pull Oh My goodness You have to be kidding me. You have to be kidding me. Let's go Let's go. Oh my gosh Oh My gosh EA sports We need the moments here English center back, please striker. No Uh, it is a moment at least it is another linaker Get a linaker boys. Hey, at least it's a moments man. Maybe you have some fun trying them out Moments Dinho as a I I think you get to play moments Dinho as a cam Or you could play him out wide.  Let's go Prime or moments icon upgrade Netherlands again center back, please be moments kumin. Yes Moments kumin. That's a w That is a w. That's a cool card right there GGs It's got to be moments, right? It's unacceptable if it's not moments German Oh, no Oh, no 91 layman Hey, at least you get a dynamic image on your 91 layman. Oh my gosh Here we go Italian again center attacking mid del Piero moments. It's a moments card Yes, let's go. That's a fun one That's a decent one right there. I think you'll take that right All right, so we this is our fifth one. So we're a quarter of the way through Of the 15 packs for this one account We need more moments French again Striker moments on re I beg I beg Bang, let's go That's another w back to backdubs, baby This is a one point. What 1.5 million coin card That is a fat w right there. Let's freaking go That's a yikes. Okay, so pack nine was definitely not for r9 Slick james same man They'll lead in from the game For sure Jackson no No, man The fact that it's not a dupe is a w. That's that's actually true Center forward You sabio be the moments No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no Moments you sabio. Let's go Let's go Get in Bang, let's go. That's what we came here for boys.  These are jews Seven packs to go. Oh my gosh, man unbelievable Unbelievable. Hey everything else. I don't think anything else matters now I literally don't think anything else matters We could pack like nothing for the rest of these seven croif Oh, no, dude imagine a croif now Connex, thank you for the for the sub dude Appreciate it, man Thank you, bro brazil cam Don't you dare Imagine imagine just for a second Getting you sebio and then in the next pack getting dinio Imagine the luck Imagine the luck if that would have happened That would have been too much that would have been too much back-to-back packs. Hey, that's still okay, right? You got the brazil flag. Well, we'd love them. I'm all they need here, too. We would love one Oh, no Yes, shin moments Oh, no, it's not even moments. All right. That's actually good because he has the hat The hat boys Hey, what is a icon moments pack opening or prime icon pack opening without the hat Who cares we got you sebio 14 million coins of untradable goodness in the club Let's top it off though, right icing on the cake cherry on top It's brazil no way It's camp.  It's moments as well Oh my gosh Twice in a set of 15 you get the brazilian center attacking mid troll Twice in a set of 15 Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.  Okay Okay, I mean that ain't bad That's not bad, right? Oh, no Why is that? Oh, no I mean it's a moments Small w could have been diego. No, no, no diego is a center attacking mids Yeah, this this spc is around for three weeks, man. You got time. You got time, right? Let's go. It's moments time, baby german Center mid moments, please make it be a moments it it is Moments balik.  That's a gg.  Hey, we're packing moments. That's what we like to see Okay, boys Another moments spc right here right now. Let's go High kick legend. I know I need to watch some of his highlights and get acquainted with this new icon in foot, bro English again Center back though the potential is there. It's a moments be real Soul cable moments Hey, what are we saying? That ain't bad. Is it? Is this but hey this ain't bad. I mean it's like a small w


My name is Professor Bob Snell, I work at the Kenya Medical Research Institute Welcome Trust programme and I am a malaria epidemiologist. Well briefly to describe the history of malaria over a hundred years would require more than five minutes but in essence what's happened is that at the turn of the last century about 1900 malaria probably reached its natural extent in Africa which included all of North Africa, all the offshore islands quite a long way south in South Africa as well, Southern Africa and then in the first sort of 50 years, 50, 60 years or so I mean fantastic progress was made, I mean malaria was eliminated for all of North Africa there was no malaria in Reunion, Mauritius so control efforts had actually shrunk the map of malaria in Africa down to a section below the Sahara running all the way across and all the way down into South Africa I mean South Africa had also made progress I mean it shrunk its map of malaria further and further east to a constrained area around Kwazulunatal and Polanga but largely I mean there was a huge number of people still living under sort of intense malaria transmission from about 1970 all the way to today and the map hasn't really shrunk very much since and within there there has been a big reduction in the likelihood of being bitten by a mosquito infected with malaria so the number of people who have malaria in their blood has also dropped dramatically but it's gone in waves so the first wave was when we introduced DDT and chloroquine in the 1940s after the Second World War there was a big drop then and it remained quite low for a long time until we had the perfect storm when there was El Nino epidemics in the 90s increased rainfall, big sort of flooding and we had emerging resistance to chloroquine so then we had a massive peak I mean a huge epidemic across the whole continent and that's when the world woke up and realised that we had to do something and then big efforts made to raise more money global fund support, rollback malaria initiative, things like that and we introduced two other magic bullets insecticide treated bed nets and Artemisinin based combination therapy and malaria you saw then began to drop and we're at a stage now where it's much lower it's the lowest it's ever been for over 100 years the thing is it's probably stagnated so now what we've seen today is a sort of bubbling along at a lower level but still there and still affecting millions of people across Africa well Africa is home to 98% of all the malaria burden worldwide I mean over 90% of all the deaths occur in the entire world occur in Africa and there's been a lot to talk about eliminating malaria from the planet several people have said in their lifetimes they don't want to see malaria anymore on the sort of globe but to be fair I mean Africa still has nearly 800 million people living in sort of a belt across Africa where malaria is part of their daily lives half of them sort of 400 million people live in areas where there's one in four children walking around with malaria in their blood today and I mean it is really the cradle of the world's problem is still in Africa so you can't ignore Africa Africa has other issues other problems which allow us to be in a situation where there's still lots of malaria including poverty, poor governance, conflict lack of economic investment and things but that's why there needs to be a focus on Africa well I think we're doing everything we can currently with the tools that we have available but if I had to look to the future we need more tools one thing that we can learn from the history of malaria is that the malaria parasite and the malaria mosquitoes are incredibly clever and very adaptable so that we will and we are seeing resistance emerge to both drugs and insecticides so we need more effective insecticides more effective drugs to combat what will happen in the future which is an emerging resistance to both we need vaccines vaccines that we currently have and are currently trying are okay but they may not go to scale they may not be good enough to implement at a sort of wide population level so we need continued investment in vaccines but the two things I think that would make a biggest difference and this is from history outside of Africa is that economic development actually when you reach a point of all your female is going to school there's electricity, there are paved roads malaria does disappear and I think that's the one message that we need to fully understand that the future of malaria in Africa depends largely on how well Africa develops as a continent economically and allied to that is how well is the health system invested in so governments across the continent need to invest in a strong health system I don't believe that malaria will be eliminated from Africa in my lifetime or anybody else's lifetime but there should be no deaths from malaria that is unacceptable because children should be treated quickly, they should get access to emergency care in hospitals when they need it and no one should die so if I was to think of a future and I was to think of a future milestone it would be that no child, no individual in Africa dies of malaria and I think that's achievable I think for our group here it's been investing in mapping the risk of malaria in Kenya to begin with then across Africa and globally and I think that work has really transformed the way we think about disease think about investing in interventions so we've worked very closely with national governments and the World Health Organisation to try and identify areas where you might get the biggest bang for your buck and areas where maybe giving everyone bed nets is a waste of money so I think cartography, the geography of malaria to design control, design investment I think has been one of our biggest achievements and I think that that's a space that will continue to grow the other area that is largely the work that I'm now funded to do that I think is obviously important is the relationship between how often you get bitten by a mosquito carrying parasites is your speed of developing immunity because we really don't understand properly still to this day after hundreds of years or so of research the relationship between infection and disease outcome so how likely are you to develop severe disease given how often you are bitten by an infected mosquito and how likely you are to die that is a whole concept and a whole body of research that has been neglected for a very long period of time and to design what the future of malaria looks like we need to understand that so I think that that's an important area as well well as we said I mean malaria is still a major killer you can't neglect malaria from a research point of view there's been a massive increase even announced this week or last week in donor assistance to malaria the UK government for example increased its budget to the global fund it recognises and the world recognises how important it is to get on top of malaria there has been a shift as well which I'm really grateful to in making sure that a lot more of that investment goes into Africa for disease prevention and disease control now obviously as I said we need new tools we need a better understanding of malaria I cannot imagine why you wouldn't increase the amount of money going into malaria research if you increase the amount of money that's being spent on its control knowing that that will only last for a short period of time since about 2009 we've worked very closely with the Kenyan government to try and help it identify areas where you will increase the amount of intervention coverage and areas where you might do things differently and we've kind of shaped the Kenyan policy in that sense, I mean beginning with work in 2009 by Dr Abdeslam Hamidnor and that was very influential I think we've extended that beyond Kenya's borders we work now in Somalia, Sudan, Djibouti Tanzania, Uganda, many other countries where we provide government support for basically epidemiological intelligence is trying to understand the landscape of malaria in a country so that they can design their national strategies effectively they can actually invest in a clever way and it's again using the science of malaria cartography and understanding the epidemiology of the disease to shape that and that's been driven by us here in Kenya I mean it's now grown into an initiative called the high burden, high impact initiative run by the WHO but it really actually began here in the programme