It is now time for question period. The leader of Her Majesty's Royal Opposition. Mr. Speaker to the Premier after yesterday's scathing report from the Auditor General, many on this side I'll have a lot to answer for. The AEG told us that between 2006 and 2014, the people of Ontario have been overcharged $37 billion for electricity and global adjustment fees. Rate payers will be overcharged another $133 billion in the future. As the global mail breaks it down, that's over $12,000 per person. That's $457 a person per year. Can you picture all the presents that could be put under the Christmas tree? That's a year of hockey in rural Ontario. That alone deserves for the minister to be fired. Mr. Speaker, will the Premier do the right thing and fire her Minister of Energy? Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. First of all, I haven't had the opportunity to say publicly that I thank the Auditor General for her report. Mr. Speaker, as I said yesterday, the job of the Auditor General is to look at government, is to look at the way services are delivered, to look at the way government functions, and then to provide a critique of that. That is her job, Mr. Speaker. And it's a very healthy aspect of democracy that we have that objectivity built into the system. I'm going to acknowledge that today could be heated and I'm not going to let it get too hot. So let's just... I don't need the armchair quarterback either. So let's just pay respect for this, please. Premier Finnish. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. And I know that we want to get to the specifics around energy, Mr. Speaker, but I think it's very important to understand that this is a very important part of our democratic process. Mr. Speaker, again to the Premier, I know it's all nice to thank the Auditor General, but this is 773 pages of an indictment of your government. And so, you know, you may make nothing of this, but this is precious taxpayer dollars. I'm going to break it down. When all is said and done, the minister will have overcharged an average household $32,000, more than they should have paid. You know, with that money, a family could have bought one of the last Windsor-Made Dodge Grand Caravans this year. It covers the cost of a Chevy Impala at the GM plant in Oshawa. $32,000 is the cost of four years of tuition at the University of Ottawa. Mr. Speaker, does the Premier think anyone overcharging on terrains by this much should still have their job? Thank you. Premier. Premier. Let me just continue because I think what is important about the Auditor General's report and all Auditor General's reports, Mr. Speaker, is that recommendations are made. The member from Lampton, the member from Dufferin-Kallen, the member from Leeds-Grenville, and the member from Renfield come to order. Please finish. Recommendations are made and is the government listening to those recommendations, Mr. Speaker. So there are already initiatives in place to address many of the recommendations that the Auditor General has put forward. So that includes addressing issues around CCACs and LINZ, strengthening the Ontario Energy Board through legislation, introducing a mineral development strategy soon that will bolster the sector, Mr. Speaker. So in many cases we are already acting on the recommendations of the Auditor General. And yesterday, Mr. Speaker, I would say as part of the report, the Auditor General said this and I will conclude in the supplementary. Mr. Speaker, again to the Premier. It's not just the overcharging that hurts Ontario. It's the overspending too. According to the Auditor General, the government could have had the exact same renewable energy programs if it had listened to the experts. Instead, they ignored the advice, rushed ahead and overspent by $9.2 billion. This isn't about the merits of renewable energy. This is about political deals that cost Ontario $9.2 billion.  Mr. Speaker, there are 150 countries' jurisdictions right now in Paris talking about how to do exactly what we've done, which is mayfair energy production. Member from Leeds-Grandville, second time. The Member from Lampton, second time. Finish, please. The actions that we have taken, the Auditor General says, and I quote, I am pleased to report that 76% of these actions have either been fully implemented or were in the process of being implemented. I want especially to note the exemplary performance of the Ministry of Education, Ontario Power Generation, Service Ontario, and the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care in implementing recommendations from our audits two years ago. We listened, Mr. Speaker, we learned, and we took action. Mr. Speaker, since I can't get any remorse from the previous indictment by the Auditor General, let's try with the Minister of Energy. Overcharging, overspending, I see a bit of a trend. It includes overproducing and over supplying power in the province. Between 2009 and 2014, Ontario's average annual electricity surplus was absurd. Ontario wasted almost as much as Manitoba produced. Ontario has among the highest energy costs in North America, and Ontario shipped away a province's worth of power. Mr. Speaker, the Minister can't seem to get anything right. Can the Minister name one corporate CEO who would still have his job after an abysmal mess like this? Mr. Speaker, I would like to address the issue of the global adjustment and the surplus power, and it does relate to corporate executive, Mr. Speaker. The global adjustment, for example, Mr. Speaker, is kind of a catch-all for costs that are in the system that are not associated with the price of power, Mr. Speaker. And so I'm going to use an example, Home Depot, Mr. Speaker. They did 161 conservation projects in Ontario, Mr. Speaker. They removed the equivalent of 3,000 homes off the grid. Mr. Speaker, the cost of that conservation was put into global adjustment. The global adjustment represents 3,000 homes taken off the grid. It represents millions of dollars of saving for Home Depot, Mr. Speaker. The global adjustment serves a good purpose, Mr. Speaker, for many examples, and I'll refer to more, Mr. Speaker. Camera from her screen, on sound, second time. Supplementary. Home Depot down. Mr. Speaker, again to the Minister of Energy, this just isn't in the past. This problem will persist into the future. In the next five years, Ontario will produce so much surplus power we could power the province of Nova Scotia for five years. I think our own bills are high enough before we start giving away power for free to other provinces. Seniors can't afford their hyperbole. And the government just ships our power to provinces at a loss. Let's be very clear. We are selling power outside of our province for less than it costs to produce. I repeat, we are selling power outside of our province for less than it costs to produce. Mr. Speaker, the Minister has turned Ontario's energy sector into the laughing stock of North America. Will he turn to his right, make the Premier's job easier, and resign? Minister? Mr. Speaker, when we have surplus power, electricity exports help cover fixed costs that otherwise would have to be paid by Ontario consumers. Mr. Speaker, a lot of people don't understand that, but I have a quote here that makes it very simple. Very simple, Mr. Speaker.  I will remind the member from Stalkoct. I will remind the member from Simcoe Gray that I've asked many times that we use titles or writings. So consider yourself coming to order. Mr. Speaker, the quote says, any power we sell to the US to go back to Manitoba or power they sell us is surplus power. It's opportunity power. It's your profit in terms that it's power that otherwise would go to waste or not be generated. That is from the member sitting across there, from the member from the other thing, Mr. Speaker. The IESO. We're getting to Stalkoct. We're getting to that point where I'm going to start moving to warnings, and I will. And once you've been warned, the next time I speak to you will be named. Carry on, please. Former PC Energy Minister, Mr. Speaker, says it would go to waste if it wasn't sold and it's pure profit. Now, the IESO last year, Mr. Speaker, indicated that we... Thank you. That's it. I stand and stop. Final supplementary. Mr. Speaker, again to the Minister of Energy, 15 years ago we made money in the energy sector. But because of your interventions, you have made us into the joke around North America, out of the general, you should listen to the independent oversight. Chief Government Whip... The government is overcharging an average family by $32,000 for their electricity needs. They have overspent $9.2 billion in renewable energy contracts. The last five years... Second time for the Chief Government Whip, and I need to hear it. Finish, please. The last five years Ontario has produced as much surplus power as Manitoba could produce in that total time. For the next five years, we'll produce so much surplus power that Nova Scotia could use for five years combined. Mr. Speaker, overcharging, overspending, overproducing, and over supplying, someone needs to be held accountable. Do you find this acceptable? Do you have any remorse? Thank you. He's comparing a population of 1 million in Manitoba and 1 million in Nova Scotia to 13 million in Ontario. How ridiculous is that, comparing apples and oranges? I'll tell you why we have a surplus, Mr. Speaker. In 2020, Mr. Speaker, pickering is coming offline. That represents three megawatts. We have to be ready, Mr. Speaker, in a short couple of years. That's why we need surplus, Mr. Speaker. Next, Mr. Speaker. Some of the original gas plants, those contracts, Mr. Speaker, are starting to come up, Mr. Speaker. The member from Llanar, Pran, Atlantis, and Addington is warned. And I'll gladly put the rest of you on the list. I'm going to hear the answers. Three thousand megawatts, Mr. Speaker. The member from Nipissing is warned. Who's next? Finish, please. Three thousand megawatts from pickering coming off. The last plant contracts are starting to expire, Mr. Speaker. We don't have to renew them. That creates some capacity for us. During refurbishment, Mr. Speaker, with 15% of the total nuclear capacity will be out of commission, Mr. Speaker. We're doing wise management, Mr. Speaker. Very much, Mr. Speaker. My questions to the Premier. It is clear from the Auditor General's report yesterday that we need more oversight of Hydro-1 and the energy system, not less. Can the Premier explain to Ontarian Speaker why this year was the last time that the Auditor General of this province will be able to report on Hydro-1? Thank you, Premier. Well, Mr. Speaker, as I have said many times, the broadening of the ownership of Hydro-1 is motivated by the need to invest in infrastructure in this province. The organization will be a different organization. And I think it's clear from the Auditor General's report, Mr. Speaker, that there is a need for this to be a better-run company. There are problems with the company, Mr. Speaker, that need to be rectified, and that is exactly what will happen. As a result of the broadening of the ownership, Mr. Speaker, there will... I feel like I'm being challenged, so the member from Renfrew is warned. Finish, please. There will be new oversight in place, Mr. Speaker. There are different mechanisms in place, but there will nonetheless be oversight, and Hydro-1 will need to disclose information as per those regulations and legislation. Thank you. Mr. Speaker, it's very clear that there are problems at Hydro-1, and the way to serve Ontarians is to actually fix the problems. Instead, after years of politically motivated decisions and failure on the energy file, the Premier is waving the white flag and handing control over to private shareholders and simply abandoning Ontarians and hoping the problems will go away. By selling off Hydro-1, is this Premier admitting that she is unable to fix the years of bad decisions her government has made when it comes to this province's energy sector? Mr. Speaker, the decision that we have made is to invest in the infrastructure of this province that will allow us to grow, will allow communities to thrive, Mr. Speaker, will bring investment to the province. That is the decision that we have made. Part of that decision was to look at our assets, Mr. Speaker, the current assets that are owned by the province of Ontario and to leverage those assets in order to be able to make new investments, Mr. Speaker. That is exactly what we're doing. And, Mr. Speaker, it is quite clear that there are improvements that need to be made in Hydro-1. Those improvements will be made, Mr. Speaker, in order to provide better service to the people of Ontario. Oh, there are improvements that need to be made, Speaker. That's for sure. Hydro-1's maintenance backlog has increased by 47% since 2012. Two-thirds of the transformers replaced by Hydro-1 in 2013 and 14 were perfectly fine. Outages are increasing in this province. How do we know this, Speaker? Because the auditor can go in, order Hydro-1 to give her all the information and she can then make it public, like we did yesterday. But instead of using that information to fix Hydro-1, the Premier is selling off Hydro-1 and hoping that privatization will magically make everything better. Can this Premier explain why she thinks Ontarians deserve less oversight, less transparency, or less accountability in our energy sector, Speaker? Well, Mr. Speaker, it's important that there be oversight and that there be accountability. And Hydro-1 under the new configuration will be regulated by the Ontario Business Corporations Act, the Ontario Securities Act, and the Ontario Energy Board. They'll have to file information with the Ontario Securities Commission. They'll have to disclose the compensation of their top executives. The Ontario Energy Board will continue to have oversight, Mr. Speaker, and approve electricity rates. And in fact, we've taken action through legislation to strengthen the oversight of the OEB, Mr. Speaker. So we've made those decisions to change and to strengthen oversight. And at the same time, the fundamental decision is that we must invest in infrastructure in this province, Mr. Speaker. It is critical to the future competitiveness of Ontario that we make those investments, Mr. Speaker, and those investments that we are going to make. Thank you. Any questions? You're the third party. Thank you, Speaker. My next question is also for the Premier. Yesterday's Auditor General's report showed that what Ontarians have been feeling in their gut for a long time. The choices that this government is making are not about them. Can the Premier explain why her government handed out almost 80% of its business grants to companies that didn't even have to apply for them and that they may not have actually needed while inadequate funding means that seniors are waiting 200 days for the home care that they have applied for and that they desperately need? Thank you. So, Mr. Speaker, first let me say to the leader of the third party, it's our responsibility to attend to many things at the same time. It is our responsibility to make sure that we work to improve the home care system, to provide services for seniors, Mr. Speaker. That is a fundamental responsibility and it's one of the things that the health care system is being transformed to do better, Mr. Speaker. At the same time, it is our responsibility to make sure that we work with business in this province to ensure that they have the capacity to expand, that they have the capacity to move into the 21st century. I sat with CEOs who are part of the Canadian manufacturers and exporters yesterday, Mr. Speaker, and they raised the exact investments that we're making through the Jobs and Prosperity Fund as necessary to their ability and their members' ability to make the investments to be able to become part of the advanced manufacturing sector, Mr. Speaker. If we don't work with business, we're... Thank you. Supplementary. Mr. Speaker, it's true that many things need to be done by government at the same time, but it is all about priorities when it comes to government, Mr. Speaker. People want their government to work for all Ontarians, not just the select few. Instead, the Premier is failing to protect the most vulnerable children in our province. They are failing to look after seniors in our province. They are failing to ensure that Ontarians can afford their basic hydro-bill speaker. Will this Premier own up and admit that her government is failing Ontario families? Thank you. Mr. Speaker, let me go back to my original comment because I think it's very, very important. There are a number of areas that the Auditor General has looked at. That is her job. It is her job to look at the way government delivers services, Mr. Speaker. It is her job then to critique those. And it's a healthy aspect of our democracy. Mr. Speaker, the important question is, once that critique has been made and once those recommendations have been made, does the government take them seriously and act on them? And Mr. Speaker, absolutely. And if in order to assess that, we need to look at the follow-up reports because those are the reports that demonstrate when there's a recommendation made, does the government follow through? And Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Auditor General said this. I am pleased to report that 76% of these actions have either been fully implemented or were in the process of being implemented. That's final supplementary. Five years ago, this government was told that they need to fix the problems in home care and this Auditor General says five years later, the problems are worse and not better. So I agree with the basic, the fundamentals right, Speaker. Help the most vulnerable people. Make sure people can afford to keep the lights on and the heat in their homes on. Make sure that seniors can actually get home care without waiting for 200 days, Speaker. Make sure that when kids get on the school bus, it's safe and that when they arrive at their school, that their school isn't crumbling around their ears, Speaker. This is the minimum, the minimum that people should expect from their government. How are the Premier's priorities so backwards that she is getting the fundamentals so wrong, Speaker? Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Well, I would say to the leader of the third party that in each one of those instances, we are working as a matter of our policy and our priorities to make sure that we make the investments that are necessary, Mr. Speaker. There are billions of dollars that are going into the repair, the renovation, the maintenance, and the building of new schools, Mr. Speaker. There are again billions of dollars going into the building of new healthcare facilities, Mr. Speaker. And we recognize that there is work that needs to be done in terms of the provision of home care. In fact, the Minister of Health is committed to announcing a paper on the future of that system, Mr. Speaker, which is in direct response to concerns of the Auditor General. And I will be the first to admit that over the last number of years we have worked to invest in the home care system to make sure that people get what they need. But there is more that needs to be done, and I think there are structural changes that need to be made, Mr. Speaker. Thank you. No question to the Minister. The Minister calls surplus power and opportunity. It has certainly been treated as an opportunity by our neighbors who have picked it up from you at yard sale prices. Energy planning should not be done for short-term political gain. The government shouldn't be intervening in energy day after day to save seats in the legislature.  Speaker, if this government just listened to the experts like any reasonable government would, rate pairs would have saved $11.3 billion. Mr. Speaker, the Minister thinks the Auditor still doesn't know what she's talking about, or is $11.3 billion just another liberal cup of coffee. Mr. Speaker, I'm pleased to talk about the lower metogony in the first instance, Mr. Speaker. First of all, that project came in under budget, Mr. Time, and under time. And as well, there were comparisons made to the cost of power to lower metogony and other hydroelectric projects, Mr. Speaker. The other hydroelectric projects referred to were built 15, 20, maybe 50 years ago, Mr. Speaker. The capital cost has already been paid. It's already been paid, Mr. Speaker. And the other issue is, Mr. Speaker, to build a modern facility has tougher environmental requirements, has tougher requirements in terms of accommodating First Nations, Mr. Speaker. There are now the legacy grievances of all the old hydro programs, Mr. Speaker, that are now being under dispute and will cost money, essentially, Mr. Speaker. It was a good project that created 1,800 jobs, 500 jobs for First Nations, Mr. Speaker. And we make no... Thank you. Let me get to the supplementary. To the minister, this isn't about renewable energy. It isn't about climate change. It's about what we could have said have had the exact amount of those renewables in Ontario for $9.2 billion less if you had just listened and done your job. The energy experts told the minister... The member from Barrie is warned. If you haven't figured it out, I mean the warnings. Carry on. The energy experts told the minister what to do. He did the exact opposite, plain and simple. Now the minister wants to silence energy experts by passing Bill 135, which won't even let the experts bring forward their concerns with your directives that have already wasted $11.3 billion. Speaker, will the minister listen to the experts with draw Bill 135, or does he just not care about the cost of hydro and the people of Ontario? Mr. Speaker, first of all, in terms of renewable energy, at the time this province, previous cabinet, previous premier, were doing green things for the province, good green things for the province, Mr. Speaker. They looked at the Green Energy Act. They looked at the renewable promise, Mr. Speaker. And what they did was they looked at other jurisdictions. 80 jurisdictions around the world, Mr. Speaker, had equivalent prices, Mr. Speaker. They had standard offers. It was not a competitive process. This administration, Mr. Speaker, has eliminated the standard offer. It's a competitive process, Mr. Speaker. There had been no large solar wind projects, Mr. Speaker, approved in this province since 2011. The ones that are out there now, Mr. Speaker, in the system are under the old process. It's more competitive, it's less costly, and it's renewable energy, and it's greening costs. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the premier. There are thousands of seniors sitting alone at home waiting for the home care they need. Some of them are in pain, some are at risk of falling, but they've been told to wait for weeks, for months, for some of them over a year. Back in 2010, the Auditor General told the Liberals to fix the waitlist crisis in home care. But five long years later, a staggering 65% of home care clients are forced to wait for their assessment. On behalf of every seniors waiting for home care, I have a simple question for our premier. How much longer would this Liberal government force frail and vulnerable Ontarians to wait for the home care they need now? I completely agree with the sentiment of the member opposite that it is unacceptable for people who are in pain, who are frail to have to wait in an ordinent amount of time for care, Mr. Speaker, which is exactly why we have been increasing funding for home and community care and we are increasing it by $250 million over the next three years, Mr. Speaker, and that is allowing us to provide 80,000 additional home care nursing hours and help in the transition of people from hospital to home, because that is when people are at their most vulnerable, Mr. Speaker. Last year in Ontario, the home and community care sector provided service to more than 800,000 individuals. The reality that we are dealing with is that the demographic in Ontario is aging. We need to do more in order to support people, Mr. Speaker, and that is why we need to make structural change. Thank you. Supplementary. Mr. Speaker, the Premier says things, but her actions show that she just doesn't get the priorities of Ontario's families. When the Liberal wants to sell off hard-door wand, things move really quickly. But when thousands of seniors suffer for month on end, waiting for home care, the Liberal will waste five years and let the problem get worse. She talks about investing money, but there are things such as, how come five years later we still don't have a minimum standard of care? How come five years later we still don't have oversight of the private providers of home care? How come five years later the wait list has balloon not gone down? How can this Premier defend five years of inaction, five years of broken promises, and frankly, five years of suffering for the people who needed home care, but were on the wait list? We have been working to improve the system. 35 million visits from our personal support workers and nurses, an increase of 1.3 million visits in the last year. Increases have been going up every year, Mr. Speaker, and we've reduced administrative costs. So, since the 2010 Auditor General's report, we've decreased administrative costs by 12%. And that was money that we were able then to invest directly in frontline care. But, Mr. Speaker, in May, we released Patients First, a roadmap to strengthening home and community care, Mr. Speaker, and we understand that there are changes that need to be made. We have invested more money, Mr. Speaker. We have increased the supports in terms of wages to personal support workers in order to try to deal with the precarity of their work, Mr. Speaker, because we need them as the frontline workers. We know, Mr. Speaker, now that we need to make some structural changes and we won't be consulting with Ontarians on that. Thank you. Any questions for members from Burlington? Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Minister of Government and Consumer Services. With the holiday season approaching and academic terms winding down, Ontarians are planning vacations. During a long winter, a trip to warmer destinations with friends or family can be a welcome escape. With this in mind, I know that constituents in my writing of Burlington will want to know about consumer protection when it comes to the travel industry. With significant planning and financial investment going into their vacations, Ontarians will be comforted knowing that they will be able to take the trips they plan under the terms they agree to. Mr. Speaker, I know the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services takes these concerns seriously and works closely with partners like the Council of Ontario or TICO to ensure consumer concerns are well represented. Can the Minister please explain to us how his Ministry helps ensure that vacationers are protected from misleading, unscrupulous business practices? Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you. Minister of Government and Consumer Services. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to thank the member from Burlington for the question and for her advocacy on behalf of her constituents. I certainly appreciate the importance of a family using their hard earned money for a vacation or a well-deserved break. And I'm pleased with the progress made in this area as one of only three provinces in the country that regulates its travel industry. Ontario consumers are protected by the Travel Industry Act as well as the Travel Industry Compensation Fund, both of which is administered by TICO. Our regulation of travel agents and travel wholesalers adds a level of accountability to the Ontario travel industry. The same level of accountability cannot be guaranteed with organisations that operate from outside Ontario. So I encourage Ontarians to book their trips or vacations with local businesses. As a result of the Travel Industry Act, consumers now get full disclosure of pricing, all transaction details are provided to them. They get prepaid deposits protected in a trust account, Speaker, and they're also eligible for the travel industry. Mr. Furze, explanation of the protections that Ontarians enjoy under the Travel Industry Act. I know many of my constituents looking forward to vacations will be pleased to learn that their arrangements are subject to industry-wide oversight and I will be watching closely for more from the TICO's Consumer Awareness Campaign. The Minister mentioned a series of important regulations put in place to protect consumers. In addition to learning about these safeguards, my constituents would like to hear more about how our government has worked to level the playing field and ensure a fair and equitable tourism sector. Can the Minister of Government and Consumer Services please outline how our government has worked with the Act to build a safer, fairer tourism market? Thank you, Mr. Minister. Thank you, Speaker, and again to the member from Burlington. Our government continually reviews trends in the industry and identifies areas of consumer concern adding protections where appropriate. In this regard, we've amended the Travel Industry Act improving consumer protection by enhancing financial reporting requirements from travel agencies and ensuring trip compensation claims are fair and effective in the event of closures. The Travel Industry Act has been extremely effective in adding accountability to the travel industry as TICO includes over 2,500 registered travel agents who fall under the Act. As of this past spring, TICO's dedicated reimbursement fund was valued at $21 million allowing for payments of up to $5,000 per person and up to $5 million per event. Since its inception, TICO has provided over $13 million in compensation to consumers and has had 39 convictions so far this fiscal year. I'm pleased with our government's track record in protecting consumers so that all Ontarians can plan any trips of confidence. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question this morning is for the Premier. Premier, yesterday the Auditor General revealed that Hydro One has consistently been one of the least reliable among large Canadian electricity distributors. She continued in a scorecard published by the OEB, Hydro One was ranked worst of all distributors in Ontario. Yet in May, your Minister of Energy said that Hydro One is one of the most reliable companies in North America. It's been recognized as such as one of the top five. Speaker, for too long the Minister of Energy has attempted to keep the house in the dark when it comes to Hydro One. My question for the Premier is now that the Auditor has revealed the truth, will she accept the truth? I'm wondering exactly where the members are going with this question because we have said that there need to be improvements in Hydro One. There are serious challenges with this organization, Mr. Speaker, and in broadening the ownership and changing the way this organization is going to be governed, Mr. Speaker. There actually will be improvements made. So I'm going to take from the question from the member opposite that they actually support the broadening of ownership of Hydro One and changes that need to be made to the company. I can tell you categorically, Speaker, the answer to that inference is no, we don't. Back to the Premier. Speaker, in May, the Minister went on to say that Hydro One, in terms of the infrastructure, is extremely reliable. What we're getting at here, Premier, if you don't understand the question, is the credibility of your Minister of Energy. He says that it's a reliable system. He says that they know how to plan infrastructure. Yesterday, the auditor said a project that was extending a corridor from the Ottawa valley to the Peterborough area forgot to include 47 kilometres of roads, three bridges and 35 towers. The auditor also revealed a $4.4 billion infrastructure deficit at Hydro One because your Minister and your government is completely incompetent. Is it acceptable to the Premier that her Minister has either been ignorant or complicit in the incompetence at Hydro One? Good question. This question is consistent with the ideology of that party Mr. Speaker. At least it's consistent with past positions which are that broadening the ownership of Hydro One, improving the company would be a good thing to do Mr. Speaker. Now our motivation on this side of the house here has been to invest in infrastructure. That is why we are repurposing. That is why we looked at assets. That's why we are broadening the ownership of Hydro One in order to be able to leverage that asset to invest in infrastructure across the province. The member from Prince Edward Hastings is Warren. Finish please. We are in the process. This is a company that needs improvement. That improvement will happen. But the motivation is to invest in infrastructure that is needed in every riding in every corner of this province. Mr. Speaker. Thank you. My question is to the Premier. The Auditor General's report on Child Protective Services in Ontario made it clear that this government is putting our most vulnerable kids at risk. Societies are not always checking the child abuse register before placing children, meaning that even 13 years after the death of Baldwin and while the Katelyn Sampson inquest is ongoing we continue to place children in homes with people who have records of child abuse. Ontario is taking an average of seven months to complete abuse investigation when the guideline is 30 days. In more than one third of investigations reviewed safety assessments to identify immediate safety threats to children were either not conducted or not conducted on time. Mr. Speaker, can the Premier please explain why she is allowing children to be placed in homes when the abuse register hasn't even been checked? I know that the Minister of Children Youth Services is going to want to talk about the specific things that we are doing the initiatives that we are taking but this is a perfect example of why it is so important that we have an Auditor General that we have those eyes on what that does and what the organisations do Mr. Speaker and pushing a government to follow up and to take action which is what we do Mr. Speaker as the Auditor General said in her follow up report 76% of the recommendations have been followed through on initiatives have been taken this is there are things that have happened in terms of children in care that are unacceptable Mr. Speaker that is absolutely the case we will talk about what those actions are what is unacceptable is that report that was given to us by the Auditor General yesterday leadership on this file we need to immediately remedy these disturbing results children in care are some of our most vulnerable citizens in this province of Ontario we have a duty to protect children in care and this government is failing them again to make matters worse the ministry isn't even ensuring that recommendations following the death of a child in care are being implemented by societies how is it possible that we aren't learning from mistakes after children are dying in care Speaker will the Premier take responsibility for the fact that children in Ontario continue to be placed in homes with convicted child abusers Thank you Thank you Speaker and I want to thank the critic for raising these very important questions because I think we all agree the protection and support and safety of our most vulnerable children is paramount to all of us and I want to thank the auditor for her recommendations and while she has recognized tremendous progress that has been made in the child welfare sector when it comes to safety and support children there are some serious issues that have been identified and I take these issues very seriously so with respect to the child abuse registry I'm very concerned these checks aren't happening as often as they should and my ministry previously issued a directive on this to all children's aid societies in Ontario I'll be issuing another directive and following up very soon it's very disappointing that this is happening and I take accountability to make sure this is followed up and when it comes to leading investigations in time as we've heard from the associations some take longer some take less time however they can you sit and do a question to the member from home Thank you Mr. Speaker my question is for the minister of community safety and correctional services Minister as you know the Maplehurst correctional complex is located in my riding of Halton I often hear from the community safety and well-being of correctional officers and inmates in the facility I know correctional officers in my community and communities across the province work hard every day to keep us safe and we are grateful but what many people may not know is that our correctional officers are often faced with difficult challenges as greater number of inmates suffer from mental health and addiction issues so Mr. Speaker it is important that as we modernize our correctional system we focus not on building more jails but instead on addressing these realities and providing better services to help break the cycle of reoffending through you Mr. Speaker can the minister explain what he's doing to transform corrections in Ontario Thank you very much Speaker and I want to thank the member from Halton for this important question Speaker the transformation of corrections is a key part of my mandate from the premier who is working hard on every day Speaker we are absolutely committed to moving forward with better mental health supports and enhance rehabilitation and reintegration program so that we can help break the cycle of reoffending. We have opened the Forensic Early Intervention Service a partnership with Centre of Addiction and Mental Health which is first of its kind in Canada at the Toronto South Detention Centre which provides early intervention forensic mental health to remanded inmates. Speaker in addition as part of our transformation we have launched a comprehensive review of Ontario's use of segregation within our correctional facilities particularly in relation to its use for those with mental health needs Speaker these are just a few of the important things we are working on in relation to inmate mental health as we work to ensure we break the cycle of crime and reoffending. Thank you Thank you Mr. Speaker and thank you to the minister for your efforts on this issue. I know that Halton residents and Ontarians across the province will be encouraged to see the important steps that you are taking to transform corrections in Ontario. I think your emphasis on providing more mental health supports and a greater focus on rehabilitation and reintegration programs is particularly important but Mr. Speaker it is also important that the minister work closely with all of his corrections partners to deliver these key programs and services. Staff in the Maplehurst Correctional Complex and other facilities will play a key role in this transformation Mr. Speaker through you to the minister can you please provide some information on the role he sees for correctional officers as his ministry works so closely to modernize and hard the correctional system. Thank you minister Speaker correctional officers and probation and parole officers are integral to my ministry's efforts about change. These are frontline workers. They are the experts in the field and I want to thank them for their hard work and dedication. We have hired speaker nearly 500 new correctional officers since 2013 and are working to hire more. In fact Speaker we have a class of almost 100 in the Ontario Correctional Services College who are graduating tomorrow. The recent tentative agreement with the corrections bargaining unit is a further evidence of our government's continued support for correctional officers and our probation and parole officers. If ratified speaker it will provide the framework for a stand alone correctional bargaining unit selective agreement for future rounds of collective bargaining. Correctional officers speaker are a vital part of the work that is underway to modernize our correctional system and we have a renewed opportunity to work together under this new framework. Thank you. Speaker Yesterday's report from the auditor general is the last time she will be able to review Hydra 1 and it is too bad because as usual her reports are very revealing. She wrote that the Ontario energy board is quote the protector of consumer interests and yet we now know the OEB wasn't even consulted on the sale of Hydra 1. The minister ignored the OEB and the Liberal government silenced the auditor general when they voted independent oversight of Hydro One. Mr. Speaker, is the Premier afraid of independent oversight because she doesn't like what it reveals? Mr. Speaker, the Ontario Energy Board has a very important role to play in terms of the regulation of the system. The Ontario Energy Board will continue to play that role in terms of setting rates. The broadening of the ownership of Hydro One was a decision we made, Mr. Speaker, in order to have the capacity to invest in infrastructure. That was a decision that our government made. It is a decision, I believe, Mr. Speaker, that will put us in a very good position in the immediate, in the interim, and the long-term, Mr. Speaker, because it will mean that roads and bridges and transit investments that could not have been made otherwise will be made, Mr. Speaker. Now, the member opposite is asking me whether whether I think that we should have asked the OEB. The OEB has a totally different role. That role will remain consistent once the ownership of Hydro One is broadened. Mr. Speaker, the Premier's words do not match her action. She did not allow the OEB to participate to have any feedback in whether the sale-off of Hydro One occurred. When the Premier wrote the Minister of Energy's mandate letter, she said, and I quote, it is of the utmost importance that we lead responsibly, act with integrity, manage spending wisely, and are accountable for every action we take. The people of Ontario have 37 billion reasons to see the minister has failed in his mandate. It's very clear from the Auditor General's report that the Liberal Government has been meddling in the energy file for the past eight years, costing homeowners and small businesses 37 billion dollars. Will you finally admit you need to start listening to the aging, the municipalities, the people of Ontario, and stop any further sale-off of Hydro One? Thank you. Earlier today and that I made yesterday that there are 150 countries right now, Mr. Speaker, that are in Paris trying to forge a deal that would allow the globe to move to a low-carbon reality, Mr. Speaker. The fact is, the initiative that we took to shut down all the coal-fired plants, Mr. Speaker, to move to more renewable, cleaner energy is a decision that jurisdictions all over the world are going to have to move to if we are going to avoid the devastation of climate change, Mr. Speaker. So, you only have to look across this country, look at Alberta, Mr. Speaker, and their plan. They have said they're going to move off cold. It's going to take them 15 years, Mr. Speaker. The fact is, we're there. We, as the Minister of Energy said, we skated to where the puck was going, Mr. Speaker, and we now work with all of those countries to make sure that they can take the same kinds of initiatives that we've already said to Mr. Speaker. Do you have questions? The numbers from the Windsor-DeConsi? Speaker, to the Premier. Good morning, Premier. Yesterday's auditor general's report on SAMS made it clear that the Premier and her government were well aware of the problems with SAMS, but rushed it through anyway. Speaker, SAMS problems impact our most vulnerable citizens in Ontario, people with disabilities, people who are marginalized and impoverished. Clients with disabilities, developmental disabilities, had their bank accounts frozen when ministry mistakes were made. This is unacceptable. More unacceptable still are the Minister's prior comments that problems with SAMS could be compared to a Blackberry glitch. Speaker, will the Premier explain to vulnerable Ontarians why she rushed the implementation of a computer program she knew didn't work? Thank you. Mr. Speaker, I know the Minister of Community and Social Services is going to want to speak to the specifics, but I want to say to the member opposite, we know there were problems with the implementation of SAMS. We've acknowledged that, Mr. Speaker. We are working very, very hard to correct that. Mr. Speaker, the Minister has been on the front line, has met with front-line workers. There are changes that have been made. We know that there were challenges. There were problems with the way this system was implemented, Mr. Speaker. And we will, as we have in other sectors, Mr. Speaker, we will learn from those problems. We will demonstrate that we have learned from those problems, Mr. Speaker, and we will correct the challenges in order to improve the service of the people of Ontario. Speaker, I don't know if the Premier knows, but I know the city staff in Windsor caught a SAMS check for $1 million before it went out to a client. SAMS has forecasted to be $90 million over budget and still isn't working properly. The ministry had no oversight over consultants. Consultants were overseeing consultants. Front-line workers shoulder the brunt of this disastrous implementation. Well, somehow the minister was unaware of what was going on in her own ministry. Speaker, will the Premier admit her government is still failing Ontario's most vulnerable citizens? Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. And, of course, we do take the recommendations of the Auditor-General very seriously. We have listened to her advice and learned from her report. We're already addressing all five of her recommendations on her report on SAMS. We've acknowledged many times in this House that there were severe and significant challenges with the implementation of SAMS. And this is why, as soon as we became aware of this, we did contract PricewaterhouseCoopers to do an independent review. We've been working on all of PricewaterhouseCoopers' 19 recommendations. We've developed a transition plan along with the advice of municipalities, of unions and frontline staff. And as part of the transition plan, we are already in the processes of implementing many of the changes that the Auditor is now recommending. I want to thank all the caseworkers for their patience, for the vulnerable clients that have had difficulties through this transition. But we are... We're from Perth Wellington, as warned. New question. The member from York Southwest. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the President of the Treasury Board. I was pleased to see that this past Friday our government released the final open data directive. This marked a big step forward for open government for our province. With this directive, Mr. Speaker, Ontarians will have greater access to Ontario data, which will spur innovation, lead to the generation of new ideas and problem solving through the development of apps. Speaker, through you to the Minister, could she tell us more about the directive and explain its significance as part of our government's open government strategy? Thank you. President, Treasury Board? Well, thank you, Speaker, and thank you to the very hard-working member from York Southwest for that question. Speaker, I'm proud to say that Ontario is a leader when it comes to open data. We were the first to launch a public voting tool so Ontarians could vote on the data that matters to them. We received over 30,000 votes. We've now released more than 400 data sets on our open data catalogue, and they've been downloaded over 200,000 times, Speaker. And as the member notes, last week we released the open data directive. And with this directive, we're making data open by default. That means that ministries and provincial agencies must open data to the public unless there's a very good reason that it not be open. That is, unless it's exempt for privacy, legal, confidentiality, security, or commercial reasons. Speaker, I look forward to the supplementary where we'll talk about how we develop that directive. Thank you. Well, I'd like to thank the minister for that answer, Speaker. I am pleased to hear that Ontario is a leader in this area. By making our government's data open by default, we will not only promote greater openness and transparency, but also drive open data innovation in our burgeoning technology sector, which will lead to more products, more services, and more solutions for government and for businesses. I understand that the development of the Ontario Open Data Directive represented another first for our government in that we posted a draft online for public feedback. Speaker, I'm hoping that the minister could tell us more about how the people of Ontario contributed to the development of the Open Data Directive and how they shaped the final directive. Thank you, minister. Thank you, Speaker. As the member notes, the Open Data Directive marked another first for our government. In the spirit of open dialogue, we posted the draft directive online and opened it up for public consultation before we made it final. In fact, we were the first in Canada to open up a draft management board of cabinet directive for public comment, and we did that because we know that when we increase transparency, when we increase accountability and engagement, we get better policy and better outcomes for Ontarians. In fact, I just received a letter from Brian Beamish, the Information and Privacy Commissioner, commanding us on this consultation. He said, I want to commend the government on the extensive public consultation that conducted during the Directive's development. My office was pleased to participate in these consultations and provided extensive comment. I want to thank Brian Fiorre, Director, Open Government Office and his team for their positive and open-minded approach to these consultations, Speaker. My question is for the Premier. Nowhere in this province has the government's outrageous and damaging energy policy felt more than in Northern Ontario. Yesterday's report from the Auditor-General also revealed that Hydro One, who many Northern and rural residents rely on, spent $660 million on smart meters. Yet Hydro One does not use the smart meters to detect power outages on the system. The Energy Minister launched a full-scale attack on the auditor last year when she criticized these smart meters, and it turns out they're not even using them, Speaker. I asked the Premier why does she think it's okay for Hydro One to leave Northerners to languish for days on end without power? Again, I think what the member opposite is alluding to is that there need to be improvements in the way services delivered by Hydro One to the people in Ontario who are reliant on Hydro One, Mr Speaker. There are improvements that need to be made in this company. We have made a decision motivated by the need to invest in infrastructure in the province, but also, Mr Speaker, by a sincere desire to see improvements in the company. That's what we will see, Mr Speaker. Those are the parameters within which we're operating, and I know that the member opposite doesn't support the investment in infrastructure across the province that we are making, but, Mr Speaker, I can tell you and through you, him, that there's not a municipality in this province, including his municipality, including Northerners, including ridings across the municipalities across the North who need those infrastructure investments and are looking to us to make them, Mr Speaker. Homeowners in the North have seen hydro bills during the coldest months of the year jump literally hundreds of dollars a month. It might be news to the government, but when it is 40 degrees below, turning off the heat is not an option. For many of our most vulnerable, the government is literally forcing them to choose whether to heat or to eat. The auditor's facts are clear. Hydro One customers have seen 24 percent more outages from 2010 to 2014 on my road in Corbeel. They can last for days, Speaker. I ask the Premier, why are you okay with Northerners paying so much more for hydro and getting less and less under this government's watch? Mr Speaker, you know, the member opposite, I hope, when he is talking to his constituents who call his office, I hope he makes them aware of the Northern Energy Credit, Mr Speaker, which our government brought in to deal with and to help people who needed support in jurisdictions where they were dealing with high energy costs. I hope he also talks to them about the program for low-income Ontarians, Mr Speaker, that helps to offset the cost of electricity. Mr Speaker, we recognize that there are different conditions in different parts of the province, which is exactly why we have programs that apply across the province and we have specific programs that apply regionally, like the Northern Industrial Energy Program, Mr Speaker, like the Northern Energy Credit that recognize and acknowledge that there are regional differences around the province. Speaker, good morning to you. My question is to the Premier. In the auditor general's report, her audit found what the people of the north already knew, that despite this province being the largest mineral producer in this country, it was ninth overall in attracting mining projects. You don't have to look farther than a ring of fire to see that. The auditor general's report found that since 2010, the Ring of Fire Secretariat created by this government has spent over 13 million dollars and has nothing to show for it. One company throws their hands up in the air, the other is threatening to leave 13 million over four years and you haven't even fulfilled your duty to consult the First Nations in this area. Speaker, what is this government doing to develop this deposit and are they only providing busy work for their well-connected friends? I'm very grateful to the auditor general for her recommendations. Quite frankly, I think we're very much geared to strengthening our ministry's operations and mineral sector policies and indeed, let's just be there, we're going to be moving forward with a mineral development strategy, a renewed one which will be actually dealing with a number of the recommendations the auditor general's putting forward. Let me speak quickly though about the work that we're doing in the Ring of Fire. There's no question, listen, we support the recommendation and indeed we want to see a timeline and deadlines put in place. The bottom line is we're not going to be imposing those when we're not going to make a priority working with our First Nations. You'll be the first to be critical for us if we did not consult in that fashion. You referenced that in terms of the regional framework that we put in place, let alone work with the industry and may I say the opportunity we're going to be having now to work with a new renewable government which is very keen to move forward on this. Thank you. The time for question period is over. A member from Bramley, Gore-Multon, on a point of order. Thank you very much. I know it's already been done but I want to add my voice as well and I encourage everyone in this house to join me and welcome you again. The original hip-hop ambassador for Toronto, Cardinal and his colleague Mr. Amidios. Thank you very much Mr. Speaker. I'm very pleased that a guest of mine from Peterborough arrived. Mr. Ray March at the Bepper's East Gallery. Thank you. President Treasurer of Art. Thank you Speaker and up in the gallery is my very hard working constituency assistant Neil Worley. Welcome. Thank you. We have a deferred vote on the motion of third reading of bill 73 an act to amend and development charges act 1997 and the planning act calling the members this will be a five minute bill. Would the members please take your seats? First please take your seats. Thank you. Thank you. On December the first Mr. McMeek and move third reading of bill 73. All those in favour please rise one at a time it be recognized by the clerk. Mr. Wernoldy Mr. Natalie Mr. Bradley The Mayor Mr. Sousa Sousa Mrs. Wynn Mrs. Matthews The Sandals Mrs. Sandals Mr. Dugas Mr. Dugas Mr. McCharles Mr. Quinter Mr. Quinter Mr. Cole Mr. Toccar Mr. Toccar Mr.学ardinetti Mr. Dillaney Mr. Dillon Mr. Dillon Mr. Razzetti Macman Mr. Milton Mr. Miltjen Mr. Nidoo Harris Mr. Potts Mr. Pots Mr. Verneel Mr. Hardiman Mr. Hardiman Mr. Welsen Mr. Welsen Ms. Jones Ms. Jones Mr. Brown Mr. Brown Mr. Clark Mr. Clark Mr. Fidelli Mr. Fidelli Mr. Yakobuske Mr. Yakobuske Mr. Miller-Parisah and Muskoka Mr. Miller-Parisah and Muskoka Ms. Scott Ms. Scott Mr. Barrett Mr. Barrett Mrs. Monroe Mrs. Monroe Mr. Eurek All those opposed please rise one at a time be recognized by the clerk the eyes being 89 the nays being zero I declare the motion carried third reading of the bill to us you make sure to push it along we have resolved that the bill do now pass and be entitled as in the motion there are no further deferred votes this house stands recess until 1 p.m. this afternoon


Hello everyone, welcome to the Narc Survival YouTube channel. In this one I'm going to be talking about what narcissists hate most about you. Before I begin please give this video a thumbs up down below as it helps the YouTube algorithm to get this very important message out there. What narcissists hate most about you? It should be no surprise to you to learn that narcissists hate you. They engage in hostile behavior, they're unfriendly, oppositional and resistant and yet there is this continued presence. They keep coming after you and they do not stop. Which is the definition of an internet troll or a hater. They do things deliberately to bait you. They deliberately provoke arguments and emotional reactions and they may often say things they don't even believe just to cause drama or to manipulate your perception and they may also encourage mob mentality. But they urge other people to join in the attack and it's because they're envious of you. Which is why they're often so competitive. Because they feel insecure just by being in your presence.   They feel like they're not good enough for you. But deep down even though they will never tell you this. They actually admire and respect a lot of what you're doing. Which is why they keep coming around you. It's why they're drawn to you because you have something special. But it's making them feel insecure. So now they want to stamp it out. They want to destroy it. Or they want to get you to focus your attention on something else. So then they don't have to feel so bad when they're around you. Because if it was a level playing field and you knew exactly who you are when you're interacting with them. They would feel very insecure. Which is why the first thing they have to do is to get you to doubt your own qualities and abilities. So that they can feel more comfortable around you. But although they do hate you. There is actually a thin line between love and hatred. The emotions of love and hatred can be closely linked. Because you can't really hate someone unless you really love them once. Love and hatred are passionate emotions. And they are reserved for people who truly matter to you. Because these emotions require a lot of time, energy and thought. The narcissist may hate you a lot. And you will know if they hate you. Because it will include a desire to harm, devalue you. Or to exclude you from something. Which is very different to simply disliking someone. When we dislike someone it may just be a personal preference or a difference of opinion. But hatred is so much more. And what they hate most about you is how you make them feel about themselves. So they don't really hate you. They hate themselves and their own feelings. They feel like they're not good enough for you. And as strange as this may sound. They actually desire nothing more than to be loved by you. They're seeking a sense of belonging. A feeling of security and support. Where there is a sense of acceptance, inclusion and identity. And you may be thinking that you already tried to provide that to them on so many occasions. But it didn't seem that way to them. Many of you are highly sensitive. You experience abuse in childhood. And it caused you to become distrustful of people. When you develop the scent of a version or antipathy. Where you are naturally, ambitually inclined to avoid or turn away. And you may not have said anything to them. But narcissists are always scanning the environment for threats. They're studying your facial expressions, body language, and tone of voice. So they can pick up on avoidance immediately. They know when you're pulling away. And they assume that it has something to do with them. It triggers them and it makes them feel insignificant. As though they're not good enough. And that is when the devaluation phase begins. It is always initiated by the target. Narcissists don't initiate anything. They're constantly in reaction mode. They're responding to however you're perceiving them. So they end up hating you because they assume that you don't approve of them. And in some situations, they may be right. Maybe you do disapprove of some of the things they said or did. Even though it may not have been that big of a deal to you at the time. But narcissists have a black and white mentality. So once they sense any signs of disapproval, they overreact. And they're ready to jump ship.    Like they're no good. So then it becomes a competition where they have to prove to you that they're better than you thought. And it's typically by discarding you and triangulating you with their new supply. Because once you've made them feel inferior, they've really got it in for you after that. So there isn't much you can do. You can't win them over. Because from that point on, they're always going to view you as the enemy or opponent. As this person who is deliberately trying to make them feel like they're nothing. Even though you may never have intended to make them feel that way. But that's how they feel. They feel a lot of shame. And it's because of your success. Because you look better than they do. Because you're always happy and full of energy and enthusiasm. You're very lively and cheerful and you talk a lot. You're fun, charismatic and outgoing. But they're nothing like that. Although they secretly wish that they were, they envy you so it brings them a lot of shame. It makes them feel humiliated and distressed. As though they're bad or foolish. So now they can't stand you. Because they're shame-based people who are doing everything they can to avoid reflecting on their shame.  And it's not only the shame that they feel from feeling inferior to you. It's also built up from their other past failures and mistakes. Which are then resurfacing in that moment and you're not even doing anything wrong. You're just being your authentic self. You're not intended to hurt them. Maybe you have a good job. Or you just started a business. And you're just trying to make a life for yourself. But that triggers them to reflect on their shame. So now they hate you for that. But they won't let you go. Because now they need to use you as a vessel to hold all of their negative energy. Which is why you're wasting your time showing your vulnerable side to them.  Because it's just reminding them that something is wrong with them. And there is no amount of love or compassion that will fix them. Because they are not like us. So they will only continue to deceive you while denying their wrongdoing. Thank you for watching up until this point. And if this video is helpful to you please do give it a thumbs up down below. Thank you. But yeah at this point in the relationship they will develop a lot of sexual frustration. Because if there is one thing that narcissists do not like it's intimacy and affection. They hate closeness and togetherness. It makes them feel sick. Which is why they prefer to watch pornography or have one night stands. Because they can't be close with anyone who really knows them. They adore anyone who gives them praise and attention.   So they have to replace you with other people who are fake and just like themselves. Although even those people are only temporary.   Because you are no longer giving them supply. And it's a threat to the preservation of their false self. And just the idea of being intimate with someone who knows them really disgust them. They want a fantasy. They hate intimacy and affection.   Because they have to depend on their manipulation to secure their targets. That's really all that they have. Because they can't be vulnerable. There is nothing inside of them. And they already feel like you have already rejected them. So they hate you for how you make them feel about themselves. And this is why they don't celebrate your success. And they just try to avoid talking about it. Or they act as though it's not important. Whatever they treat as though it's beneath their consideration is usually what is bothering them the most. And that is why they don't want to talk about it. Because it's irritating them and it's making them feel inadequate. Which is why nothing you do is ever enough. And if you start doing less then they will start criticizing you for that. There is no winning with a narcissist. Especially once you've made them feel like you disapprove of them or you've rejected them. There is no going back after that.  Even though you may be doing better than them.  I'm not really religious. But I was born a Christian. And I do believe that we can find positive teachings in every religious book. So I would just like to finish with this. In the Bible. Mark chapter 6 verse 4. Jesus said prophets are honored by everyone. Except the people of their hometown. And their relatives and their own family. Thank you for watching. If you found this video helpful. Please do give it a thumbs up down below. Share your thoughts in the comment section. Hit the subscribe button to receive the notifications. If you would like to support the channel. You can donate at paypal.me. You can book a one on one with me on my website. It is narksviver.co.uk. Thank you all for watching. And as always, I will talk to you soon.


Our next speaker is Kelsey Harper from Butler Community College and she'll be speaking about OER in Spanish for specific professions. So Kelsey, the floor is yours. All right. Thank you so much. So, okay. Yeah, I am Kelsey Harper. I'm the foreign language department chair at Butler Community College. We are in Kansas, close to Wichita, Kansas, the biggest city in Kansas, by the way. So, anyhow, so I recently finished my PhD at Texas A&M University, and I kind of got into OER through Dr. Gabriela Zapata. So she developed trayectos with some graduate students and that kind of inspired me to take the whole OER concept to my, you know, my first big girl job. So, in our institution also happens to be moving toward OER. It's not, I wouldn't say it's mandated toward everybody, but we're moving that way to where our deans and our administration is highly encouraging us to select OER materials. So today I'm going to be talking quickly about Spanish for the professions, kind of my goals for the program, starting with culinary arts, which I've been able to develop over the past year. The reason why OERs are so important, especially for community colleges are for the reasons that were mentioned in the keynote address. You know, these aren't just that I get to see it every day. I have students in my office crying because they can't afford the books or because they, they haven't been able to buy groceries that week or they don't know where they're going to live that night. So this is real, it's very real and I get to see it. So you can kind of see a breakdown of our student population here. And then from our very own financial aid director, she said that, you know, students have to choose, are they going to pay tuition and fees or are they going to get books they can't do both. So this really just fuels my mission of creating OER in whatever ways I can provide department. Okay, so when I needed to develop OER for a culinary Spanish course, I tried to see what was already available. The sad thing was there was nothing ready made ready to go. The book that we were using was based, it was basically just a bunch of lists of vocabulary with no activities whatsoever. And all of the vocabulary was in command form. And it just, it was isolated language, no interpersonal communication whatsoever. And I started noticing a trend and all the material out there for Spanish for specific professions. Everything that's out there is kind of written under the assumption that the only interaction that students are going to have with Spanish speakers are in a situation where they're telling them what to do. And so that's that's another issue in and of itself, but I wanted to change that and create some material that's interactive and allow students to be a part of their community not just assuming that they're going to be barking orders at Spanish speakers. So how to access this is housed in canvas, you to be able to see it you do need a canvas account but it's free. Click on that. And I can post the link here you should be able to see this. This is what somebody who does not have a, if you don't use canvas at your institution that shouldn't matter you should be able to see this. So I divided by module. I taught the course face to face with our terrible old textbook, and I just found out I made it my mission to find out what do these culinary students need to know I had never worked in a restaurant myself so I, I really had no idea. I learned from them. Okay, they need to know how to speak with people they need to learn how to interact with back of the house employees, basic greetings, etc vocabulary. So I broke up the modules into things that they need to know. So they need to be useful for them. Let me just show you a sample activity. Oh before that I guess I should say that this is not an all or nothing material. This is great if you're teaching a culinary course, or if you're just on a unit about food you might find one module that you like or one activity that you like it's not all they're nothing it's very adaptable, very mixed in match. Here's a sample activity. So I found a video on YouTube. And it's about somebody just showing off where they work basically. Okay, so basically he walks everybody through the restaurant and he's just telling about the different roles in the restaurant. So I thought that combined really well with a unit on different roles within a restaurant what people do. Pretty much what the entire course is like I found materials that weren't necessarily didactic in their purpose and then created teaching materials around those which wasn't a walk in the park but it ended up being a really nice thing in the end for students to do. So you could see just a few basic true false and then a little more digging in making connections, learning a little more about culture. Code switching wire most of the food names in English I get them to think about Spanish and how it's not necessarily all or nothing how it kind of combines with the local culture. So that's the code switching type of situation, which is probably what they're going to find themselves in working in a restaurant. Okay, so that's that's the gist of this. Each unit kind of starts with, you could see an overview if you want to know exactly what's going to be covered, you know, identify and say basic food items talk about what is needed for different recipes, and then all of the activities are built around those objectives, of course. So, let's see. Head back to my presentation here. And I tried to win possible I tried to incorporate a lot of our local community here so there's a restaurant called Palateria Tropicana. And it's very interesting because the menu is not. It's not all in Spanish, nor is it all in English so if you were only if you were monolingual in Spanish, the menu would make no sense. So I try to get students to focus on that and why, why that is, you know, it's a multilingual community, and it's not so far away like a lot of people think. So, check me this is my information I know canvas might not necessarily be your, your LMS that's fine you can either just, you can email me I can send you the materials, or you can is downloadable here. And that's all I have. Thank you. It looks like we have about eight minutes for questions. Okay, I'm checking the. Yes, you can access the, I'll post a link right here, and you can access it if you don't have Kansas. It's accessible. And yes community college is I feel that we are the leaders in the OER space we need. I don't know if I know for your institutions know that it's important, but I feel like I get to really feel the effects of it here, working at a community college I get to see firsthand what we are do for students that really don't have the means to afford a $200 text book. So, it is important. If you do have canvas, it's easy to import this just you could get the whole course right into your LMS. What do I learn from the needs analysis of my students. You mean when I the culinary students specifically or just Carl, can you specify. Oh yeah, what did they say they needed the culinary students well, what we were doing for them before I got the needs analysis going with not what they needed at all it was just, it was a program called command Spanish which you know it could be useful in some ways but not for what they needed they, they needed to know the names of specific objects in a restaurant they needed to know how to talk with the back of the house staff mostly dishwashers. They didn't like they needed to tell them what to do they just want to be able to talk to them in any way, just all I come with us just basic greetings phrases. Part of working with colleagues so that was, that was what stuck out to me was they just need basic Spanish and we're going way too far into what we're teaching them as far as it was just thousands of commands that they were memorizing wrote, wrote memorization, it wasn't. It was really helpful for them. I found the videos through just going on YouTube looking for maybe not necessarily didactic materials making sure that they were creative comments or didn't have some sort of a license. And no the students don't have any background in Spanish for before taking the class, however it could be adapted to be at a little more higher of a level if that's what you need. They're all in this particular class they're all culinary arts majors. So it's a two year program. And they are usually straight out of high school. Yeah, but this class I would say is almost always 100% culinary art students. So I really get to be like their first introduction to formal Spanish for a lot of them. Yes, I do. We have we've kind of experimented with an online section. So that's, I'm struggling to keep up the interpersonal, you know, speaking in Spanish aspect with the online section, but when it's face to face the course is taught in Spanish just at a very scaffolded basic level. So this was taught face to face they practice orally by practice situations in class. I can show you one of those. So practice situation. They're practicing ordering and taking an order. Let me share this. Here's a sample practice situation. You're the customer place in order to include the following a greeting order at least one beverages dishes, etc. So in this way they really have to practice situations that they would actually see at their job. Any other questions. Sorry everybody this is kind of weird for me like not being able to hear people and talk to people. If anyone wants to unmute we have three minutes left though. So the format of the class I guess with COVID has been it was used to be fully face to face. This semester is our first semester fully online I don't know that we'll go back to that because we have lost a lot of that. You know, I can ask them to zoom with each other and record but since there's no synchronous aspect to the way we do online. It does pose a challenge for interpersonal speaking. I don't have I worked yet on any other profession focus. And that's the goal. We have Spanish for construction Spanish for. Yeah, somebody asked for landscaping health perfect health professions. We have all of these are just the problem is our department is very limited. It's the only two full time people are myself and another person. I think that's where we're kept pretty busy, but this is, this is a goal of mine to expand throughout all the professions, because I think that's where we can really serve our students. Yeah, Spanish for health profession that I think that is one of the, that is one where you probably will find more materials out there it's the, it's the courses that are offered more commonly at Community Center where you just find the lack of resources out there, or they're really odd resources that aren't very communicative or really within current research. Is it a workforce course or a transfer course it's a, I, if you mean workforce course and that it's just a certificate and they're done. It is kind of that way. The courses I teach are transfer courses, but this particular course they don't usually transfer they just finished this culinary arts program and they're done. So if anybody works at a college, I had a question. Yeah. A vocal question, did. How long did it take you to make this module, like if you want to reproduce this across lots of different fields. What's your calendar look like for that. And do they provide you with some sort of development funds or is this just all volunteer work. No, that's a really good question is. So we are provided with some type of a stipend no release time or anything but we, we can apply for stipends for these things because our college really does believe in, and we are and they want to support us in these endeavors. And they do give us a good motivation to, to get these things created. But it did take me. I would say about a year, because I was working largely by myself to create a 16 week course fully. No textbook and yeah, maybe eight months to a year.


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What's going on infinite fam? Welcome back to another video If you guys are new to the channel make sure you guys hit that subscribe button turn on your post notification bell Leave a positive comment down below for a chance to get a post notification shout out at the end of today's video As you guys can tell by title and thumbnail of the video today Your boy is gonna be surprising his girl with a brand new car Specifically a BMW.  I got the keys to it and everything guys. This is gonna be crazy I can't wait to see my girlfriend's reaction, but you guys already know I always got signed on my sleep So I am gonna be pretending to basically surprise her with a brand new BMW. I eat. However, it's this one It's a little toy one.  Look at that little tire shine all that look at that That's beautiful. How could you not want this? So now let me give you guys a little back story before we get into today's prank The other day I was joking with Janice and I was telling her like I would love for you to get a BMW Because you know we could be team BMW over here as you guys know Janice has a Mercedes Benz But I want her to switch over to team BMW So me throwing around those jokes and all that she was actually open to it She was like, oh, yeah, you know, I wouldn't mind having a BMW. There's a couple that I like or whatever So then I was like, all right, which one how do you feel?   I'm gonna blindfold her I'm gonna take her to like this dead-end street That's around the corner and I'm just gonna be asking her questions along the way like oh What do you think we're going? What do you think your surprise is and when she takes off the blindfold I have this spare key right here. This one actually belongs to my car But Janice doesn't know that cars usually come with a spare key So I feel like this is like the perfect like little prop that I can use and be like oh, you know When she takes off the blindfold, I'll be like, oh, I got you a new car or whatever And then I'd say turn around and then this is the car that's behind her I don't want to keep talking too much I'm sure you guys want to get into the prank and I know for sure I do as well So if you guys are ready to see your reaction you guys are ready for today's prank Make sure you guys comment down below team Isaiah all day every day and drop a thumbs up guys Your boy is always coming with the bangers I feel like team Janice has been getting us lately, but your boy is coming back stronger than ever Let's get into today's video babe What are you doing? reading Okay, do me a favor put down the book and come with me. Why I have something for you. I have a surprise Okay All right. I'm gonna let you know right now because you're getting all excited. It's not food Now come on. It's a good surprise though. I promise I put a lot of time and effort into this and it went Yeah, it's just a lot man. It took a lot. Okay. All right, so come on Okay, so before we get into today's surprise you got to wear this a blind phone I need you to wear the blindfold baby. Wait right now.  I'm gonna take you somewhere I gotta put my shoes on. All right Put your shoes on first and then we'll blindfold you and then I'll walk you to the car and all that and then We'll take it from in there Okay, you seem nervous. I don't know what to expect. Oh, you have no idea. Oh my gosh It's gonna be crazy, bro, but I had to get it on camera. It's gonna be crazy. All right.  I'm gonna get excited myself. All right guys, so I went ahead and walked her over to the car She is blindfolded. This is about to be crazy The drive is about maybe like five minutes or so maybe even a little less than that It probably might be like three minutes where I have the surprise. Are you taking me to a fair or something? No, what fair is like three minutes from us. I don't know. No, there's no fair, babe I got you. I got you a nice gift and I have it somewhere so you wouldn't like find it or anything like that And I'm ready to surprise you with it. I'm so confused. Okay, bro. You should be this is about to be crazy, bro I can't wait to show you this is about to be wild, but you ready to go ahead and make the drive Yes, I'm gonna put my seatbelt on. I Want you to give me three good guesses as to what you might think your surprise is three Yes, we were having a conversation about it, and then you went ahead and was like, oh, yeah Yeah, I wouldn't yeah, like I don't want to keep talking and give away the wait what I'm so confused It's something that you said you wanted give me three good guesses as to what you may think it is boba Boba. Yeah, why would I be driving? Is there no boba spot around? Babe, no, there's no we should start one though. We should have a boba spot. We should make our own But no, that's not it. That it's a decent guess right there though Okay, so wait you said it's not food, right? It is not food. So then what else would I be excited for? I don't know man. Give me two good guesses. Come on. I don't even know Another while Wow That's a good guess and then we should get another dog But no, we're actually we're pulling up to the spot right now. You can't see anything, right? No, okay? Good. We're pulling up to the spot get one more guess before we actually Go ahead and do this wait. It's a spot. It's a place. Well, we're at the place where the surprise a massage No, oh my gosh. We should do that too though. You got a lot of good guesses that we should be doing I'm giving you a whole bunch of ideas now. So what is this? Is it better than all of those things? It's a it's a it's an actual like physical object like it's a material. It's like a materialistic thing.   Oh my gosh. No way. What? A moped Babe, I did not get you a moped. No, I know how bad you want a moped though So maybe in the future. I was surprised you would a moped. However, it's not a moped Okay, then I'm out of guesses.  I don't know if you guys can tell I'm actually nervous This is gonna be crazy, but all right. Go ahead and stay in here. No peaking Give the infant a family word that you're not gonna pee. I won't peek. How can I peek with this on? All right, put your pinky up and pinky swear All right, here we go Guys, it's gonna be crazy Why is my car not along? All right guys, I don't know. Where should I put it? Maybe right here.  That's fire Look at that. That's fire. I should get like some pictures right here with this scenery. That's actually fire guys It's so tiny All right, babe. I'm gonna go ahead and walk you out now. Are you ready? I'm nervous. I'm nervous, too. Come on. Give me your hand. Oh my gosh. Let me see your hand. All right, come on This is gonna be why I'm scared This honestly might be my best surprise that I've ever gotten you like better than like the anniversary dinner and all Yeah, watch your step. Yeah, you didn't even I'm sorry. I'm sorry. That's something watch your step. Yeah, okay Here we go. How you feeling right now? Wait, this is grass. Yeah, we're on grass right now But we're gonna go on to like cement kind of okay. All right, so go ahead I got you. Watch your step Yep, you got it. Okay. I'm gonna place you over here. Oh my gosh Wait on cement. Yeah, we're on cement right now. Okay. Okay, so I'm gonna stand you right here You're next to the surprise. What? Yeah, turn turn this way Okay, are you ready? Oh my gosh, wait. Are you ready? I feel like you're about to propose to me or something. I'm about to propose to you.  Babe, I don't Nah, I wouldn't go three minutes away from our house to propose to you Okay, I think I would take a bigger approach than that Or would I or would I stop cuz I'm literally dressed in like PJs. Yeah, I know um, maybe I have a whole camera crew here, too No, stop. How do you know? How do you know there's not people here, too waiting like it's all silent right now waiting for me to pop the question Stop are you ready for this? No, are you sure wait? I'm nervous like I'm seriously nervous I'm nervous, too. This is about to be like one of the biggest moments of my life.  Don't look anywhere. Don't turn or anything like that. Okay, so you're good in the middle of the street So your gift your surprise is behind you.  So I Went ahead and I got you a BMW I8 Babe, I'm not joking with you.  I don't want to turn around. All right, but I'm three I want you to turn around and see your brand new BMW I8. All right.  Wait, wait, wait, what color did you say you wanted it? Like black and white. You all right. So the original colors. Yeah, okay, so I did a good job Okay, so are you ready to see your brand new BMW? Are you ready to see it? Are you ready to see it? Let me know Are you ready? Let me know. No, I don't want to turn around. Okay, ready on three turn around and it's gonna be behind you I'm gonna get behind you so I can get you All right, ready one two three Why are you laughing at the BMW I8? Why? I got you a brand new I8. What do you mean? I got you like I even washed it I even washed it. Look how clean it is. It's yours It came with a key. No, that's my key. Give me that. That's my spare key. Babe, you're not happy with your surprise I spent a lot of money on that. It don't need to open baby. It's a spaceship.  Babe, you're gonna break it. Stop, baby. Don't break it. I spent money on that You're gonna ride in it we could go to dinner in it. We have fun with it. BMW we got one right here Look at that. Look at that baby. That is yours. Okay, but it could be yours, too You could drive it whenever you want. Just don't mess up my race. That's how that works. Why not? So you don't so wait, there's no surprise really? That was the surprise. Are you kidding me? No, do you have to have another surprise for me? This is a joke. It is a joke. There's no surprise. That's the joke Bruh No, I'm just kidding with you We're actually gonna go out into a field over there and I have a whole team set up and we're gonna I'm basically gonna propose to you Stop lying, bro. Are you playing? Come on, let's go. I'm gonna go propose. No, that's dangerous over there You seriously not happy though, babe. It's a toy All right. Well, whatever man, let's get back in the car. Let's get back in the car Come on. If anything he literally gassed my head up. I'm so upset right now Okay, but did I lie? Did I lie? Did I not get you BMW 8? Yes, technically, but you know honestly like first of all After he showed me the car I'm like, okay, so this is a joke. Where's my real surprise and then there's no real surprise I told you I was gonna go out to the field and propose to you. Then you didn't do it You didn't want to go over there. You said it was dangerous and now I got to replant the whole thing I got to get my team back out to He's such a liar This is crazy. You didn't want to accept my proposal. I cannot believe you would prank me like this This is like crazy. You said you wouldn't mind a BMW I ate. I got you and I ate. What's the problem, bro? What you know damn well, what all right, I don't see the problem, but whatever bro, I can't believe this I'm just so I'm sad. I'm never buying you another car I'm never buying you another car because you clearly just don't care. I'm never buying you a car I don't need one baby. I got mine. I got my BMW. Oh, yeah, but I don't have mine. You got a Benz I bought you a Benz All right guys, so we made it back home that is it for today's video Honestly, she had the exact reaction that I was looking for I got her all hype and I didn't lie I technically she wanted a BMW I ate. I got her and I ate so I don't see the problem with that right now She's downstairs. Actually. She's making herself some food. I think I've stressed her out a little bit But what I mean is that guys it is not time for today's post notification shout out today's post notification Shout out goes out to crystal Rivera shout out to you girl We got the same last name. 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One thing I've heard producers talk about is planting green wherever they've had winter cereal like we're a cereal rye or Triticale or winter wheat they really like that I It seems that every every one that I talked to you said we're gonna do that again Because they like that so much. In fact, I was just talking to a colleague just a couple hours ago He recalled the conversation with another producer and Who had called him and said you got to come see this you just got to come right in the tractor this is heaven and this was last year Planting planting soybeans in the green cover Well one thing for sure. I think everybody's just trying to make sure you have your equipment is ready As it can be and be ready to plant some less than ideal Environments probably and I think well like anybody that has a cover crop that's Overgrowing in the winter is probably gonna want to let that grow Right up to planting time for sure, you know, especially if you're planting soybeans into into a rye or winter wheat just just to try to maybe use up some of this excess moisture one of the nicest ways of planting beans that I like is actually into a cover crop of rye either flown on or drilled on and It can be four or five six foot tall that mat Will enable us to actually carry over wet ground Better and what we see is the water that does run off runs off clear We don't have that muddy stream and that mat will hold weeds and moisture the rest of the summer when I first started putting cover crops into like Wheat stumble and it was always I can't dry the ground out You can't dry the ground out because you're gonna need that moisture in the spring But if you think about it even in a normal year like where we're at after you combine that wheat and And then you plant corn in there or soybeans next spring before they really start using moisture If your soil even if the profile was empty Probably hold seven eight inches. Well, if you start looking at historical rainfall in our area You're probably at least four inches over what that soil Can hold I've yet to have my beans suffer Yield loss from using too much moisture with the rye. We compared to our neighbors or other fields We don't and the yields have been nearly identical Even including 2012 we ran Four or five bushels actually higher where we had the rye, but that year management try and win to kill it So in 2012 we killed that rye. It was less than 15 inches tall Some years we kill it at thigh high in May you got to watch where your seedbed moisture is you can dry that seedbed out too much But if the moisture is there we let it grow can be an issue with the planner you got to Move your residue managers up closing wheels if you've got any type of spike or anything on they can wrap We had that happen a couple times. So if it gets too tall we end up using the drill instead of the planner Like this spring we've got the planner in the drill We're going through now We'll put all new blades on the drill so that we're ready so that we can slice through that dull blades too much hairpinning And the other thing we find is timing of killing it We either want to plant into it dead brown or green if it's in that yellow stage. It's too raggy It just doesn't cut you don't get the seed in the ground properly