You're using almond milk Gina? Well no way, what I do is I know me. Jesus, Jesus, Jesus. Hold on, hold on Gina. We haven't really filmed you in a while with your diet and mom and dad have kind of been doing your food lately. What's going on with the almond milk? When did that start? Oh, recently I discovered I'm lactose intolerant and I can't handle regular cow's milk so that's interesting. Well first of all Gina, what are we making? I'm making oatmeal today. Why aren't we using hot water? Why are we using almond milk? Well normally I put it after because sometimes it's still a little dry so I add a little bit of almond milk. When did you start using the almond milk Gina? I think a couple of months. A couple of months? A couple of months ago? That doesn't sound right. We're going to use hot water today because almond milk isn't good for you, okay? Okay. Dietary changes. Was the almond milk your idea or was the almond milk mom and dad's idea? Well my idea because I'm thinking, I always try. Did you tell them to buy you almond milk? Well I told dad to buy me. For the oatmeal specifically? Yeah the organic oatmeal because I didn't, I was kind of busy somewhere because I had an organic oatmeal before that you bought me before. See Gina is a little bit conniving and sneaky.  I'm going to boil the water. Why don't you show them the oatmeal Gina? My parents cheaped out or they bought something decent. So this is instant oatmeal, ancient grains, quinoa and amaranth. It's not organic so probably full of chemicals. Whole grain oats, cane sugar, flax meal, natural flavors, chia seeds, maple sugar, quinoa, amaranth, sea salt. So this is very bad and there's probably a lot of chemicals in this, there's probably a lot of bed ingredients you shouldn't have. I'm going to make sure that my parents get something better and healthier. You know my dad tends to be lazy. He doesn't care. He doesn't think that type of stuff is important but it is. So that's actually some cream of buckwheat I bought for myself a couple of weeks back that Gina's been eating. I haven't really been using it myself. This is actually a really, really good, really healthy. It is a tad expensive. I think these boxes are like six or seven dollars each now but the only ingredient in it is certified organic buckwheat. This is probably honestly one of the best things you could do for breakfast from just a carbohydrate perspective. So the nice thing about the oats is they have a higher fat and protein content compared to other grains. So you really want to look at like the protein to fat to carbohydrate ratio of whatever you're eating and then deem if you want to add extra protein to it. What we could actually do that Gina hasn't been doing is I have a lot of whey protein here that she should probably be putting into the oats. So let's grab a scoop. So I usually forget about the whey protein because I don't have it a lot myself. I prefer to stick to just like steak, really just a lot of steak for protein. But you know my sister doesn't really like eating a lot of steak so this is a great way to get some protein in her breakfast and you have picky kids. You know just put a scoop of high quality grass-fed whey protein in the oats. So the oatmeal and the buckwheat stuff you can get at Whole Foods and the whey protein you can get on Frankie Syrian's foods. Why does she make a weird noise? It smells like whey protein Gina. This is good. I love whey protein. When I used to... When I used to body build. No, wait, wait, Gina, wait, wait. We've got to add the protein first. Okay. So... I'm going to just mix that in there. Put the protein in. One scoop is fine. She's going to mix that into the oats and then we'll put the water in. I mean to me whey protein is such a nostalgic flavor because I went like five, six, seven years without having any and then when I had it again, you know, it gave me a reminder of my bodybuilding days. You drink a lot of like optimum nutrition whey synthesized so pure but this stuff is way higher quality. Now there isn't any flavoring or additives in this so since that's apple cinnamon oatmeal, it's fine but normally you want to add some vanilla, some honey, some cacao powder, some type of flavor to the oatmeal. And the whey protein will actually make it taste better even if you don't add flavorings that like that milk dairy protein has a complexity to it and it's pretty pleasant. So overall this is good caloric energy, good protein source and you know, if you go with the high quality whey protein and if you go organic on the oatmeal and the oats definitely one of the healthiest breakfasts you can have. I really think this is great for kids and just really approachable for the average standard American title. This is what it looks like. Mmm. So you had this a couple days. Did you get more with or without the whey protein? It actually tastes better either way. It tastes pretty good. Gina, this is definitely the first thing you do when you wake up, right? You run up to the kitchen to eat breakfast even if it's six or seven in the morning. Normally it's like, normally I get up at eight. Sometimes I eat at eight. Eight is normally the time I eat. Okay, so when are we going to see you next, Gina? For lunch? Yeah, lunch time. Hi, YouTube people. So it's actually about 1.15pm. Normally Gina has lunch around noon but I had to run to Whole Foods and pick up some new stuff. Mainly because what my dad was giving her for lunch did not meet my requirements. So we bought a couple things here. We got organic coconut milk to replace the non-organic almond milk. This is much better. Lower in anti-nutrients, better fatty acid profile, all around a decent choice. We got some potato leek soup. She was having some organic tomato soup. I just got that for variety. We have correct oatmeal that's organic. Slightly better. Less chemicals, less herbicides. Those are pretzel twists for my mom. And we got some organic sourdough bread from bread alone. You guys have seen this a couple of times in my videos to make the grilled cheese. And here we have some Gruyere and Finlandia butter from Frankie's Ferrymange Meat. So those three ingredients are going to be here to launch the grilled cheese. The butter, the bread and the cheese. I missed a bag. I have some chocolate bars for myself. Some organic figs for my mom. Some organic barley for myself. This is the tomato sauce we're going to use for her dinner later. And some prune juice because my mom doesn't drink enough water. Oh, and I got some organic macadamia nuts for my chocolate chip cookies that I eat. So all we have to do for this grilled cheese is grate that Gruyere and then just throw it on the bread and put the butter in the pan. Very simple, very easy. We want to make more things just kind of cheese than putting it on the bread then. We could do that. And it would be easier, but it might not melt as good, but we'll do that. We'll cut some corners. Good idea, do you know? I'll get the... Open the butter, which... Ah! I think I already cut the ends off of this. Yeah, this is definitely Gruyere. Can you smell it? I think we just cut this in half vertically and then put it on the bread. Okay, I'll open the butter. I'm going to open the bread. One also thing I wanted to mention that you could put in the oatmeal is Nature's Glucose as a sweetener. So organic vanilla coconut milk, Nature's Glucose to sweeten. You could put in the whey protein for protein and this very, very tasty, very delicious, decent for you. So I got the Gruyere sliced up into like this, a lot easier than grating it. This is really high quality bread. And if you guys, if you don't want to make it yourself, bread alone is definitely the best option. This stuff is only really good the first day you get it kind of, at least what I've noticed. So we'll just take the bread, put the cheese in it, cheese in the middle, cover it, really simple grilled cheese. Okay, I'll do that. And then we'll put the pan on a heat unit and we'll put some butter on the pan. So this is Philania butter. It's on Frankie's range meat. It's decent. More importantly, it's affordable. Raw butter from a local farm. We might have that to offer soon enough. Let's get a pretty big chunk of butter, Gina. Sure, how big of a chunk? That's a little crazy big, maybe about half of that. A little less. That's good. So we'll take that chunk. And that should be enough in the pan for both sides. Should I cut it in half to make it? No, that's fine. My mom's asking me for a grilled cheese for herself. So she can cook this one, but we'll put it together. So we got the butter melting and the hardest part about grilled cheese is really grilling any bread in the pan with butter. It's just being patient enough not to burn the bread. So we'll put the heat on medium high. Probably want to cover this just to steam it as much as possible and get that cheese melting. I don't know if I can put this with one hand, but I'll try. Apparently I can't, but that wasn't too bad. Can I hold the camera for a second? Not that I trust you hold the camera. It's heavy. And here's my handsome brother who just dropped a fork on the floor. Trying not to destroy the grilled cheese. So we got a really nice crust on that side. We definitely want to turn the heat down. And actually, we want to take this off the heat because that side's going to burn before the cheese melts. Another minute or two off the heat, then we'll put it back on the heat for maybe three to five minutes and then it should be ready. Tell them what you use for your hair prank. Usually, I don't put anything, but what we want to say is we use the hair pomade on frankiesnaturals.com because it's the best and most affordable hair pomade on the market and the only natural hair pomade. I also have a question. Do you ever do anything to your eyebrows to get on that question? This is what you eat in a day, not what I do in a day. So maybe you can fill me next time if we don't have a... I don't think it's heavy. We have the inexperienced camera lady. But both sides of the grilled cheese are really nice and brown and delicious. The cheese looks a little melted on both sides, so it should be good. So we'll take this off. I want to let this sit for a minute or two and we'll take my mom's grilled cheese and just get it going in there. Well, that's much better. I can't wait to shove my face in this. So the reason you want to let this sit for a few minutes is, one, it's too hot to eat anyway. The cheese will finish melting. So it's only been about a minute or two and it's cooled off enough. Here we have the grilled cheese. It's not completely melted and heated through in the center, but it's still mostly melted. So this is good enough. If you wanted to, you could throw it in the oven for maybe five or ten minutes, but you definitely don't want to keep it in the pan so let's try the grilled cheese and let them know how to... From a nutrient perspective, we have the fat side of the vitamins and some water side of the vitamins in the raw cheese. It's also rich in protein, it's rich in fat, cholesterol. Everything in your body needs to be healthy. Very good source of vitamin K, too. Raw, grass-fed cheese is definitely one of the healthiest and most nutritious foods you can eat in general. The bread is just adding some extra calories, feed your gut bacteria, flavor, of course. I love how crunchy the bread is. My favorite part is the crunch. The cheese is so melty and delicious. So in Weston Price's book, the Swiss in the Lachento Valley would actually eat their cheese that they made on rye bread every day. So this is kind of similar, although it definitely tastes a lot better and I don't think the Swiss were making grilled cheese as I think they were just having the rye bread in the kitchen. And you can still see the steam. And despite the deviation from her diet and Gina eating more carbohydrates, she hasn't gained weight because once you lose that weight and if you just maintain a pretty high food quality, you can pretty much eat whatever you want. Everyone likes grilled cheese. This would probably be really good with that tomato soup you were having the other day. So maybe we'll have a snack next or maybe we'll just have dinner and then we'll have a snack. Maybe we won't have a snack today. We'll definitely be having a snack after dinner. I love how when I bite into it the cheese just stretches. Yeah, that's the Gruyere. We have got to have that perfect pulled cheese. Thanks, so we'll see you guys for the next meal. Hi, YouTube people back again. What are we having for dinner, Gina? We're making pasta with meat. Sauce. Yes, so the options that I've been using for the red sauce are one is like a pre-mixed red sauce like tomato basil, HoFuTaz Organic 365. The second option is just jarred like pureed tomatoes which is perfectly fine too. So you have like organic sauce. This has some mushrooms in it, extra flavor, strained tomatoes. What we're going to do is we're going to take it down with some butter or you could even just warm up the sauce and then cook the meat in the sauce and that's going to be throwing on some high quality pasta. This is actually a gift I got from someone, but any high quality organic durian meat semolina pasta is going to be good for this. So we're just boiling some water right now. So Gina, let's put some butter in the pan for the ground beef. And this is probably going to be, I would say three to four days worth of pasta and meat. I'm just going to put the ground beef in there and just a bit of salt to that too. So with the beef we obviously have protein, B vitamins, more importantly a very low inflammatory source.  You know how a solution concerns with fish, since it's grass fat and high quality. A lot of negatives have been removed. So as soon as the beef is kind of cooked we'll throw the pasta sauce in there. About a pound should be enough for the sauce. We'll just start a few times at the start to make sure it doesn't stick. So we'll take our portobello mushroom sauce put it in with the beef and just a little bit of filtered water that goes in there. So depending on how calorically dense you want this to be, you can add quite a bit of butter. We only add in maybe a tablespoon or two. But you could put literally one or two sticks of butter in that pasta sauce and it will become much higher in calories if you want to gain weight. So the sauce simmered for about five minutes on a medium heat. It was all done. Pasta took an extra five minutes. Alright so we just drain the pasta out put the simple red sauce with meat in the pasta. The nice thing about this pasta with meat sauce is you can really vary the amount of meat, pasta and sauce to whatever you want your kids to be eating. If you think they need more protein you could put two or three pounds of beef in this maybe even four and it's going to be mostly meat instead of pasta. So what we could actually do is we could take some of the raw Parmigiano that I have on Frankie Syrian's meat and put some on this pasta. But the problem is that Gina eats a lot of anything. So if it tastes too good she'll just eat three or four bowls. I'll give her 50 bowls of this though. Put some Parmigiano Reggiano cheese on this. Not only does it taste better you get a lot of fat type of vitamins and a lot of nutrients and even vitamin K too. It's so good. The meat is perfectly browned. There's steam coming off it. The meat isn't brown that much it's cooked at a pretty low temperature to preserve most of the nutrients. So everything here is kind of cooked but minimally cooked. So Gina is going to sit down for dinner and maybe we'll see her in an hour or two for a snack. And what are we having for a snack today Frank? I'll find out. I made a snack for my sister. We used to only have a snack a few times a week but she spoiled. So Gina what have you been having for a snack for the past few weeks usually? Well sometimes I normally have anything with I normally have that sounds like something she doesn't want to tell me. Granola things that my dad gave me I forget one of those rice one rice crispy treats cookies that I was supposed to have I would say probably the Gina you've been stuttering for about like 20 seconds. Rice cakes. My dad bought me organic rice cakes. You said they're organic you want to bet on that? That's what it says on the packaging. Are they up here? Yeah they're up here on the I've told my dad multiple times to buy organic stuff but he's basically buying grains and things that are not organic which means they're full of chemicals like glyphosate and bad things that damage your liver. Go figure. So this is the Best Bar. We brought up a couple of them from Frankie's This is the vanilla one. Also a berry and chocolate I believe these are the best energy protein meal replacements survival bars on the market. It's $2.50 for 220 calories which is actually also cheaper than all the bars on the market. Here's the berry which I've had. It doesn't really taste like too much berry but it's really good. You can get these on Frankie's free range foods. This is what the vanilla one looks like.  It's really good. I tasted a lot of the vanilla. What's up with the flannel today Junie? You trying to get the other ladies to like you? No I'm just cold. I love the soft texture because most vanilla bars are rock hard and not really good. Yeah this bar has very little to no fiber in it. So it's pure calories, pure energy, pure flavor, very soft. Like a cake like texture but it melts in your mouth. It sure does. It's very good. Does it remind you of anything? No Frank it's the best thing I've ever had. Not really. I don't really remember. I think it's really good. So overall Gina has gotten an excellent amount of vitamins, minerals and nutrition especially protein throughout the day. Normally when I'm not here if you don't put the weight protein in the breakfast, if you don't have the high quality cheese for lunch, if you don't put meat in the pasta, if you're not having this weight protein in this bar as a snack. The protein content of our diet is probably 60-70 grams less if we're not careful. Which is very important for overall health, body composition, cognitive function. So it's definitely something you shouldn't overlook. And these foods are very approachable and affordable way to do that in high quality matters. All my brothers products are really delicious to eat. Bye Gina. Say bye. Bye you two people.


It is now time for oral questions. I recognize the Leader of His Majesty's Royal Opposition. Good morning, good morning, Speaker. This question is for the Premier, Speaker. People in this province should expect quality health care that's available when they need it. But under this government, we're seeing critical services disappearing from communities. Emergency department closures are happening more frequently and they are staying closed longer. A new report from the Ontario Health Coalition reported a staggering 868 emergency department closures this year alone. So, Speaker, through you to the Premier, what possible explanation can this government offer to Ontarians who lost over 30,000 hours of emergency care this year? To reply to the Deputy Premier and Minister of Health. Thank you, Speaker. I've said many times that when individual hospitals have to make a very challenging decision based on the health human resources that they have available to them to temporarily close for an hour or a shift, a part of their operation, it is disruptive for a community. But that is exactly why our government has made such a conscious effort and investments in our hospital systems, in our health human resources, expanding the number of nurses in the province of Ontario, expanding the number of residency positions that are available for physicians in Ontario. We'll continue to do that work and we'll continue to expand the health human resources because we know how important it is to the people of Ontario. Supplementary question. The minister can try to spin this any way she wants. She can try to downplay it. But the reality is very different. The Ontario Health Coalition blames these closures on and I'm going to quote them, unprecedented failure of leadership by this government. Folks in Neuron, Perth and Wellington are experiencing multiple simultaneous closures. Durham had 51 closures this year alone. People in Clinton haven't had reliable access to an ER since 2019. Speaker, the holiday season is one of the busiest times for local hospitals and emergency rooms. What is this premier going to do to stop emergency department closures over the holidays? Thank you, Speaker. What we will continue to do is work with our hospital partners, invest, ensuring that we have alternative payment plans so that physicians have the opportunity to practice in those under-serviced areas. We have a new program in the province of Ontario, emergency department physicians being able to phone a friend and talk through issues. That has ensured that people actually have access when they need it. We now have in Northern Ontario physicians who are in our emergency departments having access to other physicians who have practiced for longer and are able to walk through specific issues. That one change alone has ensured that we have had no physician shortages or issues in Northern Ontario. There are signs of policy changes that are actually being suggested by our hospital partners and making an impact in our communities. The final supplementary. Phone a friend, Speaker. That's their fix? Are you kidding me? There are thousands of them whose emergency rooms and clinics have closed. 2.2 million Ontarians who don't have access to primary care. Because this government didn't fund the staff to keep it open. Hospitals and long-term care homes are being gouged by private staffing agencies taking over our healthcare system. Perth and Smith Falls hospital was forced to spend a whopping 2.8 million this year on temporary staff through private agencies. I've talked to local hospitals in Northern communities who are worried about making payroll. We need investment to finally address these staffing shortages. Will the Premier stand up and commit new hospital funding to ensure care is available in the patients of Ontario needed? Minister of Health. Where was the party opposite when we actually announced through our last budget an expansion of primary care? They voted against it. Where was the party opposite when we have made investments and made announcements of over 50 new capital expansions. Whether those are new builds in Niagara South, whether those are expansions in communities across Ontario. Where was the party opposite the NDP? They voted against it. We'll continue to make those investments. In last year's budget alone we had an average increase in our hospital budgets of 4%. Those are the changes that we make as a government to make sure that our hospitals and our community system is robust for us when we need it. Thank you. The next question, once again the Leader of the Opposition. This question is again for the Premier. The government's announcement to shut down the Ontario Science Centre and lay off staff and reopen it in a new building half its size is very, very unpopular especially for people in some of the most impacted neighbourhoods like Thorncliffe Park and Flemingdon Park. It's a decision that also doesn't make a lot of sense to most people. The official Opposition NDP, we've unearthed yet another secret government document that's called Ontario Science Centre Modernisation Relocation Plans. Very interesting, but what's really notable about this document is the date. August 27th, 2021. Speaker, why did the Premier keep his plans for the Science Centre a secret during the 2022 election? Mr Tourism, Culture and Sport. Mr Speaker, thank you for the Leader for the question. I got this feeling that the word tourism is a bad word. We're talking about, now hang on for a second, tourism represents almost 36 million billion in economic activity. Just under 400,000 jobs Mr Speaker and 2,000 business related jobs and careers in tourism. Yet we talk about an opportunity, a destination. Tourism is about finding a place to go, drawing people in. Not just people in Ontario Mr Speaker, but people across Canada and maybe into the United States. It's driving tourism Mr Speaker. A destination is important whether it's a spa, common areas, water parks, paddling, walking and being casual in an area where you can sit and be quiet. All these great things that tourists like Mr Speaker they want to come to, they want to come here. We're making a destination a world-class destination Mr Speaker. The FOI secret documents that we've unearthed clearly show that the Premier had already made a decision to move the Ontario Science Centre to Ontario place nearly two years before he told the public. We also know it wasn't until later that year that the government commissioned their business case that would justify a decision the Premier had already apparently made. That business case was withheld from the public for another eight months despite repeated requests from opposition members to make it public. So Speaker, to the Premier why should the public trust a Premier who clearly believes in decision-based evidence-making instead of evidence-based decision-making? A response Mr Tourism Culture and Sport. Yeah, thank you Mr Speaker. As they say, two cases are better than one. Two business cases that suggested this is a wonderful opportunity. Opportunity that we'd like to think we want to explore for the people of Ontario. But more importantly, again back to that tourism word that everyone we're not everyone, just certain people don't seem to like. We talk about building up opportunity in Ontario in jobs and careers destinations, making an Ontario place that people want to come to visit and stay maybe an extra day or two longer because the destination is so special and the opportunity is an experience that those people and their families want to experience Mr Speaker. That's what tourism is about. People in Ontario do a fabulous job. Those working in the industry are doing a better job because of COVID. They're smarter, they are ready and they want people to come Mr Speaker. They want them to visit. They want them to stay. We want to welcome people. Yes. Final supplementary. Back to the Premier, but can I just say if this was such a great idea why did they work so hard to keep it secret for so long? People of Ontario by it, they know there's something dirty about this deal. Earlier this year the NDP released an FOI secret document showing that the government had already decided to pay for a new parking garage for thermal as early as January 2021. Nearly two years again before the public found out. We know they planned to move the Science Centre also nearly two years before the public found out. We can wait for the Auditor General's report tomorrow or the Premier can set the record straight right now. Is he building a half-sized science centre on top of the thermal parking garage to justify spending $650 million public dollars on a private luxury spa? I leave the Auditor General's choice of words. Response? Minister. Thank you for the question. The Science Centre. It's a fabulous place and they talk about space Mr. Speaker and though I wasn't in the business of real estate and development and designing I do know that there's something called common area when we talk about space. In common area is that area in a building that people move through that they don't necessarily stop and wait but they move through and it's part of the design and the existing Science Centre has fabulous and large common space areas. Well, the new Science Centre will not have that much common space because it will be more efficient more directed more targeted to exhibits and I believe Mr. Speaker that's what the Science Centre is about. Drawing people in, educating them creating, dare I say it again an experience, don't worry about the common area, worry about what they come to see Mr. Speaker. Those are the displays those are what's out there for people to learn from not hallways exhibition space. Question once again the leader of the opposition. I will just say not all kids have backyards or great big spaces to run around in and children who live in apartment buildings they deserve to have space too right? This government is busy planning Speaker while this government is busy planning for a luxury spa in downtown Toronto the people of Brampton are facing property tax increases up to 34% next year wild. That's because the government's plan to dissolve Peel Region is estimated to cost the city of Brampton more than 1.3 billion dollars Speaker so I'm going to ask the Premier how can he justify the largest tax hike in Brampton's history in the middle of a cost of living crisis Speaker I can say this the government is continuously focused on reducing taxes building more homes that has been at the core of what we have been doing since 2018 and we will certainly never allow a community to raise taxes so that the people in that community can't afford to live there it is only really the leader of the opposition who is consistently talking about increasing taxes on the people the province of Ontario when we've reduced it when we've reduced taxes she's actually voted against those reductions it was so bad that when we reduced taxes on the lowest income earning Ontarians virtually removing them from paying the responsibility of paying taxes the NDP actually voted against that because at the core at the core of what the NDP believe Mr. Speaker we have to be dependent on government we believe you give the people the tools to succeed and they will do just that they will succeed and we will continue on that Mr. Speaker end the supplementary question Speaker this deal between the Premier and the new Liberal leader is going to make life more expensive for 1.5 million people in Peel over 600,000 of them in Brampton alone and they don't know how their public services are going to be impacted but what they do know is that thanks to this conservative liberal deal their taxes are going up and up and up so back to the Premier of this province what does he have to say to the people of Brampton about their 34% tax hike Minister Ms. Fullfair is in house Mr. Speaker I'll say this to the people of Brampton I am very very confident that there will not be a 34% property tax hike unless of course unless of course there is an NDP council or an NDP mayor then all bets are off Mr. Speaker because we know the history of the NDP it's the same old song they're singing this is a party that's against the 413 we're virtually not virtually we're wiped out of Brampton Mr. Speaker because they are so old school they're against development they're against people they're against business they're over and over and over again Mr. Speaker this is a party that has no ideas their time in opposition is even their time in opposition is starting to come to an end colleagues because they are so bankrupt of ideas so Mr. Speaker we've created thousands of jobs across the province of Ontario we've cut taxes we've made investments in all of the important areas for the people of the province of Ontario consistently they have voted against thank you the next question the member for Bradford Grant thank you Speaker my question is for the Minister of Economic Development Job Creation and Trade under the previous Liberal Government supported by the NDP when global companies were considering locations to expand in Ontario was never on the shortlist businesses did not want to navigate through mazes of red tape while paying tax hike after tax hike when we came into office we immediately took action to scrap the Liberal NDP agenda of tax hikes and red tape now Ontario is the first place that comes to mind when companies want to invest and expand by creating the conditions for businesses to succeed we've seen record investments and job growth across the entire province of Ontario Speaker can the Minister highlight some of the recent investments that Ontario has welcomed thank you Minister of Economic Development Job Creation and Trade thank you Speaker well we were at the opening of Canos it's a IT company from Ireland just yesterday they announced and we did the ribbon cutting at their plant or at their facility in downtown Toronto 100 employees on their way up to hiring 300 employees again all because we have lowered the cost of doing business in Ontario we graduate 65,000 STEM grads each and every year welcome Canos and the 100 employees that they brought the week before we welcomed Unilever to downtown Toronto they're from the UK obviously they are open they have opened their worlds first and only AI lab right here in Ontario right here in Toronto 50 countries around the world to attract Unilever here and we won they have several hundred employees that they're will be employed here at their downtown operation in Toronto so Speaker we're very grateful and the supplementary thank you Speaker and thank you Minister for that response you would think that with more than 700,000 jobs created since we took office the Liberals and the NDP would realize that our approach of lower costs works but instead they continue to advocate for policies that would crush businesses penalize workers and destroy our economy while we have been laser focused on creating jobs and growing the economy the Liberals spent the last six months just to end up with a new leader who endorses the same anti-growth agenda as the NDP by reducing the annual cost of doing businesses by 8 billion dollars annually and cutting burdensome red tape we have seen job creating investments flood into the province of Ontario Speaker can the Minister please elaborate on other investments that and expansions Ontario has secured over the past few months thank you thank you Speaker last week last week alone we had several hundred million dollars in new investment shipyards is investing 107 million dollars in St. Catherine's so they can tackle the vessel life extension project that's 30 new jobs 3.4 million dollars in support through our government's amic operation MediCom 165 million dollar investment in London this is 140,000 square foot production facility that's being built 135 new jobs coming if you remember before the pandemic Speaker we made virtually no PPE here in Ontario today we make 74% of the PPE we buy once MediCom is up and running making nitrile gloves here in Ontario 92% of all PPE that we buy will be made domestically right here in Ontario next question thank you very much Speaker and my question is to the Premier Speaker this government decided that the Luxury Spa Act Bill 154 won't be going to committee or have any more time in this legislature but folks have real concerns in this bill the minister of infrastructure is being gifted the power to issue minister zoning orders Ontarians see that MZOs are a government gift for their insiders to fast pass process they don't get shovels in the ground faster they often don't have community buy-in but they do make some people stink and rich so my question is now that the minister of infrastructure has the power to issue MZOs who is going to get rich next thank you well Mr. Speaker I tell you what's going to happen and what has continuously happened in the province of Ontario is that the people of the province of Ontario economic development, job creation and trade just talked about a massive investment that is coming to Ontario this is on top of 27 billion dollars worth of other investments we all know that when they had the opportunity they literally drove out the auto sector you remember that the auto sector was gone they were transitioning to a service economy we said that we're going to reinvest bring jobs back to the province of Ontario so the member asked who's going to prosper the people of the province of Ontario Ontario Place will bring thousands of jobs it will bring thousands of tourists from all over all over Ontario all over the United States Mr. Speaker it is a destination that we should continue to be proud of but unfortunately under the Liberal and NDPs they allowed that destination to crumble we're bringing it back to life just as we brought it to life when Bill Davis was the premier we're going to bring it back to life and make it even better than before Thank you Speaker and my question is back to the premier Ontario Place is a public outdoor treasure globally recognized for its heritage because of Bill 154 neither the Environmental Assessment Act nor the Heritage Act will apply because of Bill 154 this PC government will be allowed to break the laws with impunity because of Bill 154 the Minister of Infrastructure now gets to issue MZOs she also gets a fancy Schmancy Luxury Spa as her legacy project Speaker we saw preferential treatment MZOs given out as party favors by the previous Minister of Housing so my question to the premier is who gets the first MZO from the Minister of Megaspa and where did they get to sit at the wedding Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing I tell you Speaker this is a party that is virtually being wiped out one member at a time they're fighting with themselves I tell you what's happening you know who's going to get new things the City of Toronto is going to get new buses and trains because of the deal that's what's going to happen our streets will be safer buses and our transit system will be safer because of this deal we will revitalize a destination that she calls a jewel we're actually going to revitalize it so people want to come back to it thousands of jobs will be created by this so who's going to prosper the province of Ontario will prosper it is a gift for all of Ontario Mr. Speaker I know the member has weddings on her mind she was just married recently I congratulate her for that Mr. Speaker I think we all do but it really highlights it highlights the problem of today's NDP right they stand for nothing they're angry at each other they're angry at the province they're angry at the people they're going to get a commission after election next question order, next question the member for thunder bay out at coken thank you speaker my question is for the Minister of Health our government was elected with a strong mandate to serve the people of Ontario after years of neglect and disrespect from the previous Liberal Government supported by the NDP Ontarians support us to make decisions that will make life better for everyone to address affordability concerns and ensuring that our health care system receives the support that it requires. Unfortunately our hospitals are having to deal with unnecessary rising operational costs thanks to increasing federal taxes, rising interest rates and ongoing international supply chain issues. Hospitals across Ontario should be able to focus their resources on providing frontline services not on taxes and red tape. Speaker could the Minister please inform the Legislature about how rising costs from increasing federal taxes are negatively impacting our hospitals to the member from Thunder Bay Atacokin for raising this very important issue. You know since the federal government imposed a carbon tax the financial burden is already making an impact on hospitals across Ontario. The federal government's carbon tax will impact Ontario's hospitals by increasing annual heating costs by $27.2 million for 2022. So what would that $27.2 million bought? Purchase it would have offered an additional 104,615 MRI operating hours providing scans for an additional 157 patients. These are real issues that are impacting our hospital partners and of course our patients. That's why our government will continue fighting the federal government's carbon tax on behalf of the people of Ontario. Thank you Speaker and thank you to the Minister for a response. While our government is advocating for all Ontarians, the opposition NDP and Liberals are oblivious to the far-reaching negative impacts that higher taxes and burdensome red tape are causing among many other things they're oblivious to. When it comes to accessing specialized health care services there are times when residents in northern Ontario need to travel to other parts of our province. I know that many of my constituents rely on vital programs like the Northern Travel Grant that help offset long-distance travel costs. While with costs for fuel and accommodation continuing to rise, it is not right or fair that residents in the north should have to endure these additional expenses just because they need medical care and services. Speaker, can the Minister please explain how increasing taxes and burdensome red tape are negatively impacting the people of northern Ontario? I would say the member is raising a very important issue that is actually costing all Ontario residents but particularly our northern residents to fill the car, heat your home and feed your family. Even though our government is always looking at ways to make life more affordable, including looking at changes to the Northern Travel Grant to ensure it continues to serve northerners in a way that is convenient and effective. We know the federal government is making that travel more expensive. Over the last number of months we have demonstrated the real cost of the federal carbon tax on families, on students, seniors and on our institutions and services the people of Ontario come to rely on. We call on members from across the aisles to join us in demanding the federal government repeal this tax that is disproportionate impacting northern Ontario. Next question, the member for Parkdale High Park. Thank you, Speaker. My question is to the Premier. When asked for an update on the Eglinton-Crossdown Public-Private Partnership, Metrolinx CEO Phil Verster essentially said he would let the public know when he knows. After a decade under construction and over a billion dollars over budget, this response from Mr. Verster is unacceptable. What is it going to take to fire Mr. Verster? Minister of Transportation. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Our government has launched the largest expansion of public transit in the history of this province. Mr. Speaker, the NDP and the Liberals have voted against it every step of the way. Mr. Speaker, let's look at the Ontario line. 28,000 cars being taken off the road and what do the NDP do? They vote against that, Mr. Speaker. We were just announcing a milestone on the young north subway extension just this past Friday. Another large milestone of making sure we get shovels in the ground. That project will reduce travel time by 22 minutes, Mr. Speaker, but it will also put over 26,000 people 10 minutes walking distance to a transit station, Mr. Speaker, that under the leadership of Premier Ford, we have built an incredible 70 billion dollar program to support public transit across this province. It's about time that the NDP support that plan. Mr. Verster and you as Minister of Transportation, who's paying him a million dollars a year, have had multiple chances to explain significant operational failures.   Remind the members to make their comments to the chair. Members, please take their seats. Mr. Transportation can apply. Mr. Speaker, the NDP have had multiple opportunities to support public transit in this province and they have said no every single time. Mr. Speaker, on one hand they want the highest order to support the Liberals and the highest carbon tax. On the other hand, they don't want to support 70 billion dollars of public investment into transit. They've got to pick a side like the house leaders that they stand for absolutely nothing. When we're taking cars off the road on the Ontario Line 28,000 cars off the road on the Eglinton West LRT extension, taking 6.5 fewer trips, 6.5 million fewer trips in your cars. And what did the NDP do to that? They vote against that every single time. Highest carbon tax from the NDP, no investment in public transit. They vote against it every single time under the leadership of Premier Ford. We will build highways. We will build roads. We will build some places. We'll build LRTs and change the transportation and we're going to cross the clock. Order? The House will come to order. The member for Waterloo will come to order. The government house leader will come to order. I think we're ready to start again. Start the clock. The member for Don Valley West. Thank you, Speaker. Every day we hear from people who are struggling to find a home. And when this government isn't busy blaming this province's challenges on other levels of government, we hear them talk and talk about a promise to build housing. But Speaker, just like they broke their promise to protect the Greenbelt Order, leading to the $83 billion Greenbelt Order scandal for which they're now under RCMP criminal investigation, just like they broke their promise to lower income taxes for middle income families. They're breaking their promise to get housing built. Speaker, they promised to build 1.5 million homes by 2031. But the current forecast is they will get just 870,000 houses built by then. And to date, cities have received more support from the federal government than through this government's building faster fund. My question to the Premier, when will he admit to the people of Ontario that once again, he has broken his promise to them and that his housing plan is failing? And to reply, the Premier. Sure, maybe you should go talk to your new leader that number one concern for their new leader is let's raise a million dollars because someone has to pay for my salary. That's what her number one issue was.  Maybe you should pick the guy in the far back instead of that leader. Just a sec. We stopped the clock. The Premier, Premier, Premier, I had to stop the clock because I couldn't hear you. So just a second. House will come to order. Order restart the clock. The Premier has the floor. Your leader has the worst record in Ontario on building homes. And you have the nerve to say about building homes. Again, maybe you should sit down and have a heart to heart with your with your leader. She was against building the 413 that is critical to Brampton and Mississauga. She was against the carbon that she was for the carbon tax for 15 years. She was all in favour of taxing people. She raised taxes in Mississauga unprecedented response. That's that's what your leaders about. We're about lowering taxes, building the 413, getting rid of the carbon tax and building more. Remind the members to make the comments through the chair, not directly across the floor of the House. At each other. Order. Let's restart the clock. Don Valley West supplementary. Thank you, Speaker. Clearly, the Premier has worked up about our new leader as he should be. Ontario Liberals are incredibly proud of our new leader. Our MP, Bonnie Cromby, has a great deal of experience working to improve the lives of Ontarians, not just the like this government working to hold inside her friends. She's getting new developments approved. Mississauga once considered a suburb has been transformed under her leadership into a full fledged metropolis. In fact, last year, the city of Mississauga issued a record number of building permits and the city currently ranks fourth in the continent for the number of construction cranes. To imply the housing construction is in decline because of mayors like Bonnie Cromby is not only disingenuous, but deeply disappointing. Building 1.5 million new homes require something akin to a wartime effort. It requires cooperation with civil society and other levels of government. We cannot and should not be kneecapping them. Speaker, once again to the Premier. When will he admit his housing plan is not working and start working with, not against, our municipal government? I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. 10 million farmers and development agencies are working with, not against, our municipal partners to get the housing crisis solved. And the Premier? Through you, Mr. Speaker, this is a leader that said no to removing tolls, no to scrapping the license busy flying around in the private jet of her buddy, the developer that everyone knows who this developer is and is going to come back to haunt her, flying around in the private jet, going to her $5 million estate in the Hamptons, she's out of touch with the average worser. The next question, the Member for Burlington. Thank you Speaker. My question is for the President of the Treasury Board. In the past year we've seen emergencies like wildfires, floods and storms in all parts of Ontario. The people in my riding of Burlington and across the province are looking to our province in times of need. It's our responsibility to keep all Ontarians safe in the event of emergencies. We must continue to do all that we can to ensure our province is prepared as much as possible for any urgent situation that may arise. Speaker, can the President of the Treasury Board please share what our government is doing to strengthen emergency management and ensure that Ontario is prepared for the future? The President of the Treasury Board. Thank you the Member for Burlington for the question. Simply put, Speaker, there is nothing more important than the safety and the well-being of our families and our loved ones. Our government through emergency management Ontario supports emergency preparedness and mitigation and we coordinate response and recovery with our partners keeping the more than 15 million people in Ontario safe. This is a 24-7, 365-day-a-year job and I am so proud and grateful to all the dedicated emergency responders and personnel who do it. I'm pleased that our government has earmarked a $110 million investment to strengthen emergency management and to make Ontario even more safe and more prepared and I'll have more to say about those investments in the supplementary. Supplementary question. Thank you Speaker and thank you to the Minister for her response. It's encouraging to see our government demonstrate leadership in protecting the well-being of our families and our loved ones. The people of this province, including my constituents in Burlington, will be pleased to know that our government is taking every necessary step to keep them safe. The President of the Treasury Board spoke about the $110 million emergency management support we outlined in our last budget. Minister, can the Minister please explain how our government is spearheading a comprehensive emergency management plan and safeguarding our province through this investment? The President of the Treasury Board. Thank you again to the member for the question and for the opportunity to speak about the important investments that our government is making. One of the ways our government is ensuring that Ontario is safe, practiced and prepared is the Community Emergency Preparedness Grant. This new grant will help communities purchase critical emergency equipment and supplies, such as sandbagging machines or generators, or could be invested in emergency management training. This grant is a prudent and irresponsible investment that gives communities the tangible resources that they need to keep people safe when the next flood, wildfire or severe storm impacts our province. I look forward to continuing to work with local levels of government, First Nations communities and organizations to prepare for emergencies now and in the future. Next question, the member for Niagara Falls. Thank you Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Premier. The Ontario Health Coalition released their report today. Just this year in the province of Ontario there has been closures in 868 emergency departments and 316 urgent care centers. These closures are affecting my community at the Douglas Memorial Urgent Care Center in Fort Erie. Nearly half of the population of Fort Erie is over 55. 8,000 residents do not have a family doctor and there is no reliable public transit in town. Having an urgent care center open 24-7 can mean the difference between life and death for our residents. Speaker, when is the Premier going to stop fighting nurses in court, repeal Bill 124, properly fund our publicly health care system and ensure that every community has access to health care they deserve and need when they need it? Thank you. The Deputy Premier and Minister of Health. I'm going to again remind the NDP member that as we bring these investments forward, whether it is through the whole economic statement or our budgets, your party and you vote against them. So when we make changes legislatively for as of right that allows physicians who wish to practice in the province of Ontario to quickly do that without having to wait for their license to be transferred, the member opposite votes against that legislation. When we have capital investments of over 50 new expanded renovated hospitals, including of course in his own area with the South Niagara hospital, you vote against it. Now I will say you do show up for the photo op, but you vote against it when you have an opportunity to make a difference in your community. That's your legacy. Dan, I'll remind members to make their comments through the chair. My question, the member for Nickelbelt. Thank you, Speaker. The Ontario Health Coalition was able to identify 1199 vital hospital services closure. That's 868 ER, 316 urgent care closure, 11 obstetric closure, labour and delivery closure, ICU closure, lab closure. Every single one of these closures puts people health and lives at risk. The minister must be very proud. Her plan to create a crisis is working perfect. How many more private clinic will the minister be able to fund given this level of crisis? Mr. Speaker, I think it's important to remind the member opposite that in fact these were numbers that had never been managed and measured previously. There was no provincial government that was accessing and ensuring that hospitals made sure that data was here. And frankly, you cannot manage what you don't measure. We're measuring those changes and you know, I have to say the investments that we continue to make whether it is a 50 bed rehab expansion in Sudbury at Health Science North, whether it is a 72 bed expansion at St. Joe's, again, where was the NDP party? They were voting against these investments in their own community where again they will show up for the photo op, but when they can make a difference in their community and support those changes and investments, they vote against it. Thank you. The next question, the member for Haldeman Norfolk. Thank you, Speaker. My question is to the minister of transportation. There's nothing the people of Caledonia want more for Christmas than to hear the reconstruction of the Argel Street Bridge will begin. I've promised this house I will rise on this matter until shovels are in the ground. This is my fourth question related to the bridge since August 2022. A few weeks ago I sat in traffic in the middle of the bridge when the sound of sirens was heard. An ambulance was attempting to get across, cars had nowhere to go, the paramedic was clearly frazzled and people were panicked. This should not be happening on any bridge in this province and yet it's happening on a daily basis in Caledonia for the past few years. People of Haldeman County are fed up and they are tired of this government's inability to get the job done. So Speaker, through you to the minister, what is the date the reconstruction of the Argel Street Bridge will begin? The minister of transportation. Thank you very much. Mr. Speaker, safety is the top priority for this government. As a minister of transportation, we have a budget of over $27 billion to invest in our roads, our highways and bridges. And I look forward to working with a member. We have made significant progress on that specific project. We appreciate the challenges that she has mentioned and we are working with the appropriate partners to ensure that that project is well underway, Mr. Speaker. But unlike the Liberals and NDP, our government is committed to making sure that we're building highways, we're building roads, we're investing in our bridges across this province. $27 billion in our budget, Mr. Speaker, over the next 10 years, which both the Liberals and NDP have voted against every single time. And a supplementary question. Thank you, Speaker. There we have it. No Christmas miracle in Caledonia this year. But rather more excuses than to hold any weight. The progress. I'd like to know what that progress is. The ministry. They kicked Laurie Harckhardt from her home, the Toll House, in 2019. She could still be living in her home. She's spent 35 years redoing. The lack of an answer leaves me to question. What it is holding up the reconstruction and why doesn't the minister just tell us the people of Caledonia, they're good people and they deserve a good reason. And maybe they'd be sympathetic if they actually knew what that reason was. But as I warn the previous minister, many fear the bridge is at risk of collapse. No government, no minister wants that on their hands. So Speaker, through you to the minister, could he clearly articulate why he's taking this risk and what it is that is preventing the reconstruction of the bridge? The minister of transportation. Mr. Speaker, we understand and appreciate that there are challenges across this province, but we have made a commitment to support investments, unlike the previous Liberal government for 15 years did absolutely nothing to support the bridges and highways across this province, Mr. Speaker. We are saying yes to investing in rural communities across including the Argyll Bridge. With the new five span steel arc bridge, Mr. Speaker, the design of the bridge replacement is complete and our government is in the process of obtaining final approvals to proceed with construction, Mr. Speaker. But thanks to the leadership of this government, we're investing in our roads. We're investing in our bridges, $27 billion. And that project will be a part of those investments, Mr. Speaker. Unfortunately, the previous Liberal government had 15 years and did absolutely nothing with their infrastructure, but we're going to continue to make sure we make the necessary investments, build bridges, build roads, build highways and build transit across this province. The next question, the member for Thorne Hill. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Solicitor General. Our government recently announced the introduction of Bill 157, the Enhancing Access to Justice Act 2023. This proposed legislation contains several pivotal changes, including amendments to the Coroners Act. The Coroners Act currently requires a mandatory inquest for each construction-related death. And Bill 197 will introduce the creation of a coroner-led annual review and public report of multiple accidental construction-related deaths each year. These changes highlight our government's commitment to the safety and well-being of our workers. Speaker, can the Solicitor General please explain how the proposed amendments to the Coroners Act will allow for faster and more meaningful recommendations for construction-related death investigations? To reply, the Solicitor General. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And I want to thank my colleague from Thorne Hill for the question. Any death, Mr. Speaker, is too many. Public safety is paramount and our government is committed to exploring any option that may prevent further deaths. And that's why my friend and colleague, the Attorney General, introduced Bill 157. And the member's right. The Coroners Act currently requires a mandatory inquest for each construction-related death. Our proposed change would require an annual coroner-led review of accidental deaths that occur at or in construction projects in the previous year. Mr. Speaker, the main intent of the proposed amendment to the Coroners Act is to prevent further deaths in the industry by reviewing construction-related trends and sector-wide issues and make recommendations that can be identified faster. Mandatory annual review of construction-related deaths will lead to quicker justice. In the end of the day, Mr. Speaker, a safe Ontario is a strong Ontario. A supplementary. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And thank you to the Solicitor General for his response. It's reassuring to hear that our government is going to make the process easier and quicker for families. Losing a loved one is a tragedy and one of the most terrible things to happen to a family. Anyone who has lost a member of their family in an accident reserves and deserves the right to an inquest and to be a part of the process. It is of critical importance that our government provide Ontario families with assurance in upholding their right to an inquest. Speaker, can the Solicitor General please tell the House how the proposed changes to Bill 197 will help bring justice to families? The Solicitor General. Well, thank you, Mr. Speaker. Again, thanking the member from Thornhill. And the member is right. The death of a loved one is the most terrible thing that can happen to any family. Our hearts go out to the families who lost a spouse and a sibling, a child or a parent. And I agree that the families need to have the right to request an inquest if necessary. And that is provided in Bill 157. Their request for an inquest will be reasonably considered by the coroner. The proposed change for Bill 157 will make the delivery of the facts for families that much more quicker. Mr. Speaker, these amendments would streamline the process bringing justice to families in an expedited manner. In the end of the day, Mr. Speaker, our government will always be there for our workers. The workers that help build Ontario every single day that keep us safe, we will always have their backs. The next question, the member for University Rose Hill. Thank you, Speaker. My question is to the Premier. DejaDen Credit Union just released a report showing short-term rentals are having a negative impact on housing affordability. The report found that neighbourhoods with a lot of short-term rental listings see their rents rise faster, have lower vacancy rates and higher home sale prices. To increase the number of homes available for long-term rentals, DejaDen is calling for governments to crack down on short-term rentals in investment properties. My question is this. Can you move forward on this simple request? Minister, Ms. Warfair is in housing. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Let me just say this. I, too, have concerns with that speaker, but at the same time, as we know, coming out of COVID, there are a number of challenges that we faced, in particular with respect to the landlord tenant board. That is why we put significant resources behind ensuring that we could catch up. I'm fully aware of the fact that, in many instances, people have turned to the short-term market because of the challenges with the landlord tenant board, as the member will know, though the Attorney General has put significant resources into ensuring that we can bring the case backlog up to date. Principally, many of these delays were, as a result, as you will recall, Mr. Speaker, we weren't allowing evictions during that time period. We were ensuring that people could stay in their rental homes. But it's also about additional supply, and that's why we're so focused on building more. 15,000 starts, but I do share the member's concerns. I am concerned about that. But I think we have to put in the climate to ensure that people who are in the short-term market feel confident about getting back into the rental market. Supplementary. When we're thinking about rental enforcement, that just perfectly relates to my second question. Back to the Premier. Justin is a University of Toronto student living in downtown Toronto. When his apartment was bought by a US investor landlord, he became a victim of a legal harassment to drive himself and his neighbours out of their homes. When his neighbours have given up and moved out, their landlord turns their homes into pricey short-term rentals where you can rent out one bedroom in an apartment by the week. That is the new reality for students in Toronto today. Justin and his neighbours have cold provincial bylaw officers begging for help, and no-one has returned their call. Can this government work with these tenants to enforce our rental laws? Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. I think that really high-level, I think the real problem there is that students have, they don't have the ability in many instances to live on campuses. We've seen in many communities across the province of Ontario that they have been frustrating the ability of our colleges and universities to build student housing on their campuses is one of the reasons why that we have said in the new year we are going to double down to make sure that we work with our partners in that sector so that we can get more student housing built. It is absolutely vital that we do that, Mr. Speaker, and as I said, we'll double down to make sure that we can get that accomplished. Thank you. Next question, the member for Mississauga, Aaron Mills. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development. Ontario is experiencing historic labour shortages. There are currently about 300,000 unfilled jobs across Ontario and many of these vacancies are in skilled trades. Our government must continue to show leadership and take action by working with employers and unions to encourage more people to enter the skilled trades. By the year 2025, it is projected that about one in five jobs opening will be in the skilled trades. That's why urgent action is needed now more than ever. In the next decade, the loan on Ontario will need over 100,000 more people in the construction industry only. Question. Speaker, can the Minister please explain what actions our government is taking to address labour shortages in the skilled trades? The Parliamentary Assistant, member for Mississauga, Martin. Thank you, Speaker, and thank you to the member from Mississauga, Aaron Mills, for the important question. Our government is an omission to help our people enter skilled trades. That is why, Mr. Speaker, we are making historic investment to show our young people that these careers are one they can be proud of. The Minister was recently in Mississauga joined with the wonderful Minister of Education to visit our latest level up skilled trade fair across the province more than 28,000 young people, parents, educators attended our fairs last year getting hands on experience in Ontario's 144 trades. I'm proud to say that under the leadership of this premier we are seeing an increase in the number of apprentices signing up across the province up 24% last year alone to the workers of Ontario. We will continue to work with our partners in the industry. We will continue to make investments to fix the system and help more people find good-paying jobs. Thank you. Thank you very much. The supplementary question. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is reassuring to hear that the skilled trades career fairs for our students are having such a positive impact on our young people. However, while we continue to see more young people taking an interest in entering the skilled trades, it is also concerning the fact that women are significantly underrepresented in this sector. Given the critical labour shortages, what we are encountering? Our government must address barriers that are creating challenges for women to enter the skilled trades. That's why our government must do all that we can to empower the next generation to explore this career. Speaker, can the parliamentary assistant please explain what our government is doing to break down barriers for women entering careers in skilled trades and construction industry? Again, the member for Mrs. Sagemal. Thank you to the member again for that wonderful question. Mr. Speaker, our government has been clear. Since day one, women belong on top floors and construction sites just as much as men. Full stop. Actions speak louder than words. We have made investment to support the training and retraining of women in the workforce, whether it is $650,000 to introduce to the electrical trade, $1 million to Goodwill Amity Programme, $225,000 to the Accelerator Carrier Programme, $700,000 for the Digital Project Programme, and many more. Mr. Speaker, earlier this year the government mandated employers must provide women on the construction site personal protective equipment that fits them properly. The steps we are taking are making a difference. We have seen almost 30% increased in women signing up for the apprenticeship. Mr. Speaker, minister sat with Natasha Ferguson, a young black woman who overcome these biases under the leadership of this Premier. We are breaking down barriers and working for our workers. Thank you. The member for Kiwetnaw. Mr. Speaker, to your Premier, Speaker, at the cost of living in the north is very high. A 2016 report stated that First Nations families in Northern Ontario spend more than half of their income on groceries to meet the basic nutritional requirements. Speaker, last summer I visited Kiwet and First Nations and I met April McKay, who has a community garden that provides fresh produce to Kiwewen. Speaker, is there any way that this government can help other people across the north like April who want to create community gardens and improve food security? Minister of Northern Government and Minister of Indigenous Affairs. Thank the member for this question and for the evolving discussion we've had on this topic. It's important that we recognize over the past couple of weeks some of those cost drivers, the carbon tax, et cetera, but having lived in the isolated communities, there's no question that food is very expensive, Mr. Speaker, and that doesn't just go to the cost of the food, it goes to the nutritional standards for the people living in those communities. So the short answer is absolutely, Mr. Speaker, food security is ready to move forward. The Northern Ontario Heritage Fund is already supporting communities like Yapmatoom First Nation, Nascandiga and Martin Falls have called for this. We have new partnerships at the University of Guelph and a great discussion with the Minister of Agriculture about how we can put these pieces together, provide the capacity to build community gardens, micro-farming, and other kinds of tax weeks, vertical growing, so that that kind of nutritional food can be built potentially year round in those isolated communities. Thank you. The supplementary question. Mr. Speaker, in line with the, when we talk about the cost of living on the First Nation, it is about 25% higher than the rest of the country. This past summer I visited Webequay and, Mr. Speaker, the price of gas was $4.59 per liter, but the few experts told me that it cost $2.50 per liter delivered. Whether by truck or airplane. Speaker, what is this government doing for the people in the North who need affordable gas for substance hunting and fishing? Minister of Northern Development, Minister of Indigenous Affairs. I thought we were going to continue talking about food security. That throws me for a bit of a loop. I mean, we have reduced the fuel surcharge on planes flying into the isolated communities. Of course, we continue to strenuously oppose the carbon tax, which is going to continue to drive the cost of gas up. I'm not sure what the member's opinion is, Mr. Speaker, but I can guarantee him that, Mr. Speaker, that we will continue to focus on reducing costs for isolated and remote communities, turning back to food security for a moment. Mr. Speaker, next week I'll be attending a conference and an MOU signing with Kikenomaga, Kikenjigewin, Employment Training Services, Kikenjigewak Tribal Council, Sulukau Area Management Board, Kiwetnokokimakinak, and the Island Lake communities from Manitoba who will converge to sign a memorandum of understanding, Mr. Speaker, to consolidate our food purchasing power and to explore options to grow food in their own communities. I'm going to be there, Mr. Speaker, because this is important for nutrition and affordability for isolated communities. Thanks, our question period. A couple of members have informed me they have points of order, but before we do that, I beg to inform the House the pursuant to Standing Order 9G. The clerk has received written notice from the Government House Leader, indicating that a temporary change in the weekly meeting schedule of the House is required, and therefore the afternoon routine on Wednesday, December 6, 2023 shall commence at 1 p.m. Point of order, first the member for Niagara Falls. Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On behalf of my colleagues, I want to encourage all parliamentarians to join us for the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the award-winning Tour for Humanity bus by the Friends of San Jose and the City of San Jose. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On behalf of our members of the Central stressing on bringing back great joy and glory to the people of hockey, and by the Friends of San Jose and the City of San Jose, there was a reception during lunch between 12 and 1. 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Thank you. Good evening everyone. My name is Fanta Kaba and I'm a project manager here with the city of Fort Worth capital delivery. And so this is a community meeting for a traffic signal and pedestrian improvement projects that we have at the John C. White and Sandy Lane intersection, which is currently in council district 5. And I'm the, as just mentioned, I'm the city of Fort Worth project manager and then. The project engineer is cobb Finley and associates. So, for the agenda, we'll go over the project background and then we'll give a project update. We'll go over the project schedule. And then lastly, we'll give the project contact information. So project background, this project was identified for traffic signalization in 2022. And the objectives include improving traffic flow at their intersection during peak hours. Reducing delay and improving pedestrian safety at the intersection will be installing pedestrian accelerated signals with push buttons. We'll also be adding compliant ramps and crosswalks. And then this project is funded by the 2022 bond. And this is an area of the intersection. So we see that there's a school. And it's currently stopped controlled stop sign control. And then this is an area with the proposed signal layout overlaid on it. So then the crosswalks can be seen and then the proposed lane assignments. So, all 4 directions will have left, left turn, protect the left turn and then we'll be improving the side, side street geometry and then updating the ramps as well as needed. And then, so this, this project is part of the 2022 bond and it was chosen based on the signal weren't so we did a signal weren't just to make sure that. We can install a signal here 24 hour counts were taken in 2020 to confirm eligibility. And then those, those traffic counts were measured. Against the signal warrant requirements of the Texas manual for uniform traffic control devices. And then next, I'll go over rich warrants were met. So, of the 9 warrants 2 warrants were met 1 for the 8 hour vehicular volume and then the 2nd warrant for the 4 hour vehicular volume. And then, so in this screen, so these are the counts that were measured. And then these are the counts. These are the counts to require that we're comparing against to see if it meets the requirements for a signalization. And these are from the Texas manual of uniform. Traffic control devices and so at the bottom here, the 1st, this 1st warrant that was met, this is for 8 hour volumes. So we see over here. It was met in 9 hours of the day and over here, 14 hours of the day. When the warrant, it's 8 hours, so we've met it quite a few times. And then this is the 2nd warrant. So. The red dots are the traffic counts that we've received that we did and then. Anything higher than this blue line, it's, it's what's needed to meet the warrant. So we see, you've met the threshold a few times. And then project schedule. So the project is currently in the design phase and then this meeting tonight. It's our design community outreach. We'll plan for another meeting right before construction. That will be the pre construct, pre construction community meeting. And then we are currently in the right of the acquisition process. We're hoping to complete that in May of this year. There is no utility relocation required and then we're hoping to start construction this summer and the duration will be for about 8 months with a construction cost estimate of. Just under $900,000 project contact information. So the project design project engineer is Aaron Freaking with cobs and Lee and associates. And then his number is<PHONE_NUMBER> and his emails a Frick at cobs and Lee dot com and then my contact information. It's<PHONE_NUMBER>. Email is fancy dot cobs at Fort rift, Texas dot gov and that was the end of the presentation. So if anyone has any questions, feel free any common suggestions. What is that signal warrant? I mean, like, what, what is it actual something you put out there? I mean, what is that so after accounts are taken? So this light has a background of what the warrants are. So, basically, we took, we got traffic counts and then we measured those against the thresholds needed to meet these warrants and these come this threshold comes from the Texas manual of uniform traffic control devices. So, these are the counts here that we received in 2020. And then those counts were measured against these requirements to determine whether or not a signals warranted. So, is that when y'all put on those black hoses across the street, people, the cars go over and is that what you're talking about? Yes, how you do the counts. Yes. Okay. So, there's many ways to get counts. That's 1 of 1 of the ways. How else would you do a count? You can do manual counts as well. Just. At the intersection and count count cars as they go through, there's there's lots of ways to take a long time. So, yes, for the warrants, so this side over here shows the 9 warrants and then just a background of. What those words represent and then, as I mentioned, for the 2 warrants that were met, we show the counts that we received and then. Measure it against the requirements for the warrant. So that's what this 1 is for the 1st warrant. And then the 2nd warrant, these, these red dots represent our counts and then this blue line. Is the requirement or the threshold. So, do you think that traffic will be. You couldn't go down Sandy land turn right or left on to John white once this begins, or they just have it like sectioned off or something. Like during the construction when they're when they're doing what I need to do. You're asking about the conditions during construction. Yeah, like, because if I, if I, I live really close to there, so if I'm coming down. Sandy and and I want to make a right to go to 20. I would still be able to do that while they're doing whatever they're doing to create this, right? So, in the pre construction meeting, we'll give more details regarding the the conditions during construction and what you can expect. Okay, I'm sorry, I have a question. I was wondering about the origins of this. How does this.  How did this become? How did somebody say, hey, I wonder if we need a traffic light here? Was this citizens or is this something that the council did? I mean, how does that work? So, for this specific intersection, I would have to get back to you, but typically, you know, anyone is open. We're open to anyone suggesting, you know, signal requests and then. With those requests, we, we like to do signal warrant studies just to see if the conditions were met. And then after we know which ones are met, we'll just go through and then like a ranking system and see which ones because, you know, ideally, we, we'd have funding for all of them. But as funding allows, we, we have to prioritize. I would be interested in knowing that if you want to get back to me on that, how did this because this is almost a million dollars. And I think that even though it is it is bond money. You know, we need to be good stewards of public money because those above, you know, people with tax that have to pay their property taxes. That's how this money gets paid back. So, because I live here, lived here for was it 24 years now? I mean, would it be nice to have a traffic light there? Sure. It'd be nice. Do I have to have 1 there? I've never seen the traffic so bad that. You know, a traffic light seems warranted. So, that's why I'm kind of curious to something bad because I know sometimes these things it's political and sometimes things get triggered. Like, I don't know, some kid got hit crossing the street there or something like that. And somebody said, you know, there ought to be a traffic light here, but I'm looking at the price tag on this thing. And I'm going. Hey, you know, all things being considered, I could probably live without a thousand dollar bill. So, yeah, I would like to know how to just get started. It's probably has the schools there. Yeah, I have a, I have a question kind of linking to what Paul said. I've only lived here for 5 years, but in that 5 years, I've seen a definite increase in traffic at that 4 way stop. But the worst time of day is in the afternoons for the pickup at that school where people park on John T white to pick their children up. I mean, it's just an unsafe environment, both for people and for vehicles. So, I don't know if that after school safety is being addressed in this traffic situation as well. If it's not, if it would be a good consideration. Thank you. Thank you for printing that out. And then just to point out again, so. I will get back to you on how, how this specific intersection came about, but as I mentioned before, we do have to meet warrants. We can just put a signal wherever we want. And we did have 2 warrants met for the signal. Fanta, I just want to add few things on it. Can you just type your email ID or phone number on the chat so that we could reach out to you regarding. How this location was prioritized and like Fanta said, we have multiple elements that we consider before prioritizing and location like. Requests from the residence, same political again. And if we have any crashes at the location, or if someone has complained about the delays. Compliance about not getting a chance to do a left turn or something like that. So, all these factors really play into account to prioritize the location. And Karen, I want to answer your question to be are installing pet push buttons and a D ramps as a part of this project. So, that will give good safety element for the pedestrians to cross or the students to cross the intersection before or after school. That's great. That's 1 part of it. The other part is is having all of the cars. There'll be as many as 20 or 30 cars. Parked in the right hand lane of John T. White. So, there's not a shoulder. It's just they are parked in a traffic lane and there's not access in the front of the school. I mean, it's. This is probably bigger than the scope of what you're talking about. But as far as safety measures, it would be good to consider it. I've got to jump off to another meeting, but I sure appreciate this. Thank you all. Thank you. I had a question. There's on Sandy Lane at Lowry Road. There's also an area there. I was wondering how it's only a 2, 2 stop signs now. I think it should be a 4, 4 way stop. How do you go about. Getting 2 more stop signs for the other way, because people are coming off Sandy Lane, going down Sandy Lane, people at Lowry Road that are on Lowry Road either direction and have to stop. You know, and wait for people to go by and I think it'd be safer to have stop signs at each corner than just to. City council, city council. Yeah, you bring it to your city council person's attention and let it go up from there and, you know, is they'll do a study. And those kinds of things and let me say this, I'm 1 of the questions I wondered, is this a done deal? In other words, we're getting this traffic like, no matter what. Is this already a done deal? Yes, so. There were meetings previously with the community just to go over the 2022 bond projects. So that would have been the time to raise any objections. Yeah, we're I mean, we're we're here to take your your comments as well. So we'll take a note. Any, any. Any feedback that you have, we're we're here for that feedback and then, right? And I want to be clear. I'm not against this. Yes, just that, uh, you know, a lot of times when people are spending taxpayers money, they act like. It's just money that was floating around in the air somewhere because although this thing comes in just under 900 K. It's really going to go over budget because it's government and all things in government go over budget. So it's a million plus. For this for a waste for this traffic light that we're going to put up and after I'm sorry, I kept my neighbor. I can't remember the ladies name that just left the meeting. You know, she's probably right. It probably is a good idea for that. Because I don't come through there during the when the kids are getting dropped off and picked up. But yeah, I would imagine it is probably hectic in that area during that time. But yeah, I was just wondering. So I put my I've sent my email address to you. I just want to know how to get started. That was all. Sure, thank you. Thank you for your feedback. We will reach back out to you with that contact information you provided with that from further background information. Are there any other projects from the bond that'll be going on on our side of here. That are coming up or that are under consideration from money that's on the side here. You know, so we have other intersection improvement projects. Along John, see why no, not, not off the top of my head. But if you want to put your contact information in the chat, we can send you a list of all the, the bond projects and intersection improvement projects and new traffic signals. Okay, but Trinity at Regis, I'm not sure if it's the same council district. It's completely on the East, but almost close to you less. I have 1 more traffic signal project coming up at that location. Is that everything you need there? Did you type in your email in the chat? Yeah, I sent I sent Fanta. Okay, you sent it to Fanta. Okay. That's what I need to say to you, right? So I'm sharing the PowerPoint right now. So let me stop sharing really quick just to make sure I've received. Yes, I see your email. Is that good? Yes. Have any more questions. I was just looking at our list. It looks like in the mobility team, we have 7 projects and council district 5. So it seems like, um, yeah, we could provide some some of that information. Yeah, that's why I'm like, just just in my district, not the whole city of war. Yeah, sure. Thank you. Is that it? Yes, that is all we had to share from our end. Okay, how will we know when the next meeting is coming up? We'll get nothing in the mail. I got a thing in the mail. So, once we finalize our plans and once we have everything up contractor on board, we'll be sending out the mailers again. And in that meeting, we will be going over the construction timeline. What will our traffic control look like? Will we have any details or what would be the timing of our construction? And this is our point of contact from the contractor at that point. If you have any issues or complaints, we'll go over those points in that meeting. Okay, well, thank you. I'm going to leave the meeting and we'll send you the list of projects as well. Yeah, just for district 5. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. And thank you for having this meeting and having it in such a way that we could attend it because, you know, I had to rush home for this. It would have been hard for me to get to a particular place. So, thank you. Sure. Thank you.


Hey you guys, so here is an updated wash day routine, we're going to be doing a hot oil treatment. Cleansing my hair with two different types of shampoos. Using a rinse out conditioner, deep conditioner, and then a leave in conditioner. Now many of the products you see here are great for protein sensitive and low porosity hair. So let's go. Hey you guys, it is now officially my wash day and it has been about seven days since I've last cleansed my hair. And this time we will be trying our best to remove product buildup which I think I'm experiencing right now. So you guys saw all of the products that we'll be using. First up we will be doing a hot oil treatment. Now this is a combination of different oils we have here. I'm going to remember sweet almond oil, castor oil, olive oil and avocado oil, okay. I was going to do the VO5 but the VO5 as I stated has keratin and hydrolyzed sweet protein so it double went with me, okay. So let's take it down a couple of twists. We're going to section my hair off. I am going to likely mist my hair before applying the oil. I'm going to saturate my hair in oil. I know a couple of you guys are probably thinking wouldn't a hot oil treatment be better after you shampoo and condition. You know personally it's a personal preference. I would like to wash out the oil and to me I'm pre-point. So we're going to take all the twists down, section my hair off, lightly mist my hair with water, warm up the oil, well place the oil and I'm warm water and then apply it to my hair. I'm going to keep it on for approximately 20 minutes. So here is my bowl of hot water placing the hot oil treatment in there and then I'm going to be spraying my hair lightly with water as I stated and then applying the oil. Now look I only took down a couple of sections of hair to apply the oil but after a while honey I'm like look my hair is already in twists. I typically do clench my hair in twists so I love most of my hair in twists while applying the oil itself, okay.  I'm actually going to spoon some of this eating body works into the Queen Helen Super Cholesterol while adding some of the honey and the sweet almond oil. There is some protein in the Queen Helen Cholesterol but not a lot, okay. So we're going to go ahead and jump into the shower to rinse out the hot oil treatment. Not bad at all. My hair felt very very soft and I'm going to go ahead and follow up with the swabs clarifying shampoo and then I actually diluted the TGIN Sulfate Free Shampoo. I only have a little bit left but about two tablespoons and I added mostly water. This right here is the swabs clarifying shampoo. So applying this directly to my scalp massaging it in and then allowing the product to work down the hair shaft. A little bit of the swabs shampoo in there but that's okay. I'm going to go ahead and take the TGIN again. I diluted it with some water but look at how it's going to lather up. I'm going to dispense the entire amount onto my scalp and I'm going to go ahead and start unraveling my twist because at this point I want to also ensure that my hair is man-climbed. Now you guys, this TGIN shampoo is more of a moisturizing shampoo. Okay? This shampoo is giving me and again this is with about four tablespoons of shampoo. Not even that. I would say about three tablespoons of the shampoo diluted with water and I got all of this lather. Now yes, it took me quite a bit of time to rinse the product out but that's okay. Now I'm going in between the TGIN shampoo and cream of nature shampoo because they are both protein free. Now in my previous videos I did mention that I feel like I'm experiencing either protein buildup or excuse me protein overload or product buildup. Now you guys, I feel like now this is my third wash. I'm almost there. I'm about 50% there to what my hair used to feel like but it's going to take again consistency with washjays and moisturizing my hair. So here's the Swabs Green Apple Conditioner. Now I typically skip this step especially when I'm deep conditioning but I haven't tried this product before and it's supposedly protein free so I'm not going to use a lot like half the jar and that's it and you can see that's not even a lot not for all this hair girl. So I'm going to go ahead and rinse this out and then we're going to apply the DIY Deep Conditioner. All right so I'm going to go ahead and apply the Deep Conditioner again that is the Queen Helen's Cholesterol. I really didn't have a lot in there you guys probably like one fourth of a cup. Most of the conditioner is the Eden Body Works Conditioner because again that is protein free with some honey and some sweet almond oil. Now I'm going to sit under the steamer and I'm going to be very honest with you guys. I got the steamer my husband got the steamer from me a couple of years ago. I probably used this less than 10 times but it is well worth it so set under the steamer for about 15 minutes. Now I'm going to jump back into the shower. I'm so happy and at this point I'm going to do some detangling. I really didn't detangle before but now that I have this conditioner in with great slip I'm going to go in between my wooden cone and this tangled teaser. I purchased this tangled teaser from Amazon a couple of years ago. Look how it glides through my hair. Wait why is it hot? Wait why? You don't have no clothes on. Get out of here boys. You're not supposed to take your clothes. Bye baby. Okay I got your order too. I got your order with buckwheat if you don't get out of here. All right you guys I am done rinsing off the deep conditioner at least I thought I was done. You can see some there at the bottom. I had to get back into the shower and rinse out the deep conditioner. You want to ensure that you rinse out all other products out of your hair especially since I added honey. I am not trying to wake up with ants in my bed or something so yeah I had to jump back into the shower and rinse out all of the product. I like to allow my hair to air dry for a couple of hours before adding the leave-in. That's just a personal preference. So again I'm just taking the time to section off my hair and I'm going to like I stated allow it to air dry some before applying the Camille Rose Honey Hydrate leave-in conditioner. Okay so it's been a couple of hours and now I'm just adding lightly mist in my hair with water and then I'm going to add the Camille Rose Honey Hydrate leave-in conditioner. Look what this particular leave-in conditioner. I feel like I don't need to add a lot of oil to my hair because it can become heavy so going to section off my hair add the leave-in conditioner twisted up and this is my routine you guys. Look I rarely style my hair. I probably at this point style my hair where a style I should say once a month. It's not even that. You may get a twist out on a good a good month but at this point I am not styling my hair not in these quarantine streets I'm not so I'm going to go ahead and continue to apply the leave-in conditioner section my hair off like as I stated and twist my hair up. And that is it you guys this is what my hair looks like close up and yeah I will wash my hair again in about six to seven more days I suppose two twelve fourteen more days just to make sure that my hair stays okay like I said it earlier I'm about halfway there my next wash day hopefully I will be able to film and I will be actually detoxing my hair and that particular wash day so that is it everyone thank you so much for watching take care bye