It is now time for a question period. The Leader of Her Majesty's Royal Office. Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Premier. I'd like everyone in this House to think about where they were on November 10th, 2016. It was a particularly windy day in Ontario, and I can tell you what this government was doing on November 10th. This government was exporting surplus power. So much surplus power that Ontario might have set a record for power wasted. How much power did they waste, Mr. Speaker, on November 10th? They wasted $9.4 million worth of power. Now, Mr. Speaker, that might have been a record day for this government in terms of wasted power. So, Mr. Speaker, my question to the Premier... Stop the clock. I'm... You're not helping. I'm getting attention for your leader. It does seem like my calm request is not going to be heard, so I may have to move as quickly as possible to get control, so please don't make me get up again. I appreciate that. Please finish. Mr. Speaker, I guess the government's a little bit touchy when it comes to their power of giveaways, the electricity giveaways. My question, Mr. Speaker, was the government trying to set a new Ontario record that day for surplus electricity? Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm very pleased to be able to stand and talk about remembering, Mr. Speaker, because I know every Ontarian remembers where they were in August of 2003 when that government actually let our system disintegrate, Mr. Speaker, right out, Mr. Speaker. We will continue to ensure that we invest in a system that is clean and reliable, Mr. Speaker. The member from Renfrew Nipissing Pembroke will withdraw, and the member from Renfrew Nipissing Pembroke is warned. We're now moving to warnings, and if it continues, we'll go into naming. I'm getting control today. Finish, please. You have one rep up. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Speaking of touchy, you know what, Mr. Speaker, we make sure that we have a reliable system, Mr. Speaker. We invested, we've made it clean, Mr. Speaker, and we're going to continue to have a great system, something that we can be proud of. When it comes to exports, Mr. Speaker, we are an ex-exporter, and the net benefit of those exports to ratepayers was $230 million in 2015, Mr. Speaker. Much better than actually having to spend $500 million like they used to. They used to have to pay to import electricity, Mr. Speaker. We've got it. Thank you. Mr. Speaker, I have a serious question for the Premier. Rather than re-eventing history and talking about a power failure in Ohio, I would appreciate an answer. We have a serious problem with surplus power in the province. So on November 10th, we gave away $9.4 million worth of surplus power. How much did we get for that? Any guesses? $144,000. We gave away $9.4 million worth of surplus power, and we got back $144,000. This is embarrassing for the province of Ontario. We are hurting our businesses. We are subsidizing competitors. And so my question to the Premier, and I know she's going to want to pass this off because she doesn't want to assume responsibility for this failure, but my question is, did the governors from New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania actually send us a thank-you note? And if so, what did the thank-you note say for all your great work on behalf of Pennsylvania and New York? Thank you. Minister? Mr. Speaker, it's obvious that the leader of the opposition has no idea how the system works, Mr. Speaker. At the end of the year, when you actually look at the books, Mr. Speaker, we make $230 million. But let's not forget, so in 2003, Mr. Speaker, when they had the blackout, when they let the system crash, Mr. Speaker, they spent $400 million. The member from... The member from Cinco Gray is Warren. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As I was saying, in 2003, Ontario paid $400 million to import electricity, Mr. Speaker. We've made the investments now to ensure that we don't have to import electricity, that we're an ex-exporter, Mr. Speaker. We create a system in which we can make money now. We make $230 million at the end of the year, Mr. Speaker. 2015, $230 million. 2014, $300 million, Mr. Speaker. We've made sure that our system is clean. We no longer have coal, Mr. Speaker. It is reliable, and it is something, Mr. Speaker, that they left in tatters, and we had to fix, Mr. Speaker. Again, to the Premier. And once again, I hope that the Premier eventually will answer one of these questions rather than passing the buck. And so it's bad enough that we have... We're giving away surplus power, subsidizing our competitors and the states, and the government doesn't want to answer that. But we also have this fire sale of Hydro One, which has been denounced. 200 municipalities passing resolutions saying it's a bad idea. 80% of Ontarians and Poles saying, don't proceed. Stop the clock. The Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Sport and the Minister of Housing are warned. Now go ahead and blame each other, but you all have control of yourselves. Finish, please. Mr. Speaker, the Financial Accountability Officer saying this fire sale of Hydro One is a bad deal. Then you've got the cloud over the fundraiser for the Liberal Party that happened just after the fire sale by high-powered bankers. And now we have a lawsuit. Mr. Speaker, now the government is under a cloud of a lawsuit alleging wrongdoing with this fire sale.  Mr. Speaker, will the Premier do the right thing and put a pause on the fire sale of Hydro One? Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. When it comes to Hydro One, Mr. Speaker, the broadening of the sale is actually allowing us to invest in infrastructure and transit, Mr. Speaker, and so much of it, Mr. Speaker, that I think it's important for me to talk about some of the great work that's being done by the Ministry of Transportation to address this issue. Mr. Speaker, I'm going to go ahead. The member from Leeds Grandville is Warren. The member from Chatham Kent Essex is Warren. Carry on. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So here's just some of the projects that were committed through the 2015 and 2016 Ontario budgets that come from this, Mr. Speaker. $13.5 billion for Go Regional Express Rail, 12 new Go stations along Kitchener, Berry, Lakeshore East Go, train service, Go Rail service. We're going to play. I'm going to win. The member from Dufferin Callaghan is Warren. Carry on. Bus service between Go Bus service between Cambridge and Milton. $43 million for proposed multimodal hub and Kitchener. Double the number of weekday trips along the Kitchener Go corridor. As well, Mr. Speaker, Highway 69 is being four-lane turning into a 400 series of highways. There are investments happening in the community of the opposition. Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Premier. Three questions on hydro and no answer. Obviously, the Premier does not want to be on the record on hydro. So I'm going to try something different and maybe the Premier will choose to answer this. This time on health care. Now, hopefully you don't pass this question as well. The government's talking points has been that the wait times are the lowest. But we found out in the Auditor General that this liberal talking point is... Stop the clock. The member from Etobicoke North is Warren. If you haven't got the message, I'll move rate to naming. Which I loathe to do. Mr. Speaker, the Auditor General said that patients visiting the emergency room or having surgery are now waiting longer now than any time in the past 20 years. This is directly from the Auditor General in complete contradiction that the Liberals have been saying on wait times. Patients are being rationed health care in this province. Patients are suffering. So Mr. Speaker, my question to the Premier directly. The Auditor General says the wait times are the worst in 20 years. Will you tell us the truth? How have you allowed this to happen? Go ahead. Mr. Speaker, it gives me the opportunity to say thank goodness we started measuring wait times in this province. It was that party the opposition party that didn't even bother to measure wait times for important surgical procedures for wait times in ERs. What we found when we came into office in 2003 as a result of that opposition party when they were in government under Mike Harris, we found that we had the longest wait times in all of Canada. Now as we measure those consistently year after year and make that information publicly available we have some of the shortest if not the shortest wait times for surgical procedures Mr. Speaker, for ER wait times Mr. Speaker, we have the shortest wait times in the entire country for access to MRI and CT and ultrasound and we've seen a decrease despite increasing population in the wait times in our ERs. That's because we're measuring it and that's because we fixed their mess so we mentioned. Mr. Speaker, again to the Premier, this is my fifth question today and I've yet to receive an answer from the Premier.  She's 81 years old and she was taken to the hospital last week after suffering a stroke. MZeta was placed on a stretcher along the hallway of an emergency room against a wall. She remained there for 32 hours with the hospital down tucked under her head as a pillow. When her family asked if this was normal, the hospital staff said, I quote, this is our Ontario healthcare system, yes it is. Mr. Speaker, I didn't get an answer on having the longest wait times in 20 years according to the Auditor General. Now we've got the story of Filomena Zeta and my question directly to the Premier and I would appreciate an answer is how can you allow this to happen in the province of Ontario? Well, thank you Mr. Speaker. The Auditor General has pointed us in the direction of how we can continue to make improvements. But it's important to remind the public Mr. Speaker that the leader of the official opposition who speaks so eloquently about the need for healthcare services, in 2013 it was Patrick Brown's government in Ottawa that closed the National Aboriginal Health Organization. He was part of a government that cut hundreds of jobs from Health Canada Mr. Speaker. He voted for a budget that acts the Canadian immigration interim federal program for healthcare for refugees. Mr. Speaker, and in 2011 he was part of a government that unilaterally announced they would scale back federal healthcare services. Costing the province is $36 billion. Thank you. Please tell me no. Recognize a new voice. Order please. What do you think? Order please. Final supplement. Mr. Speaker for the sixth time I have a question for the Premier. I have yet to have a single question answered today. Maybe on the sixth time I'll answer or a response. You know, hearing these liberal spins all of a sudden I was leading a government.  You want to take that chance? The Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation is warned. Finish please. In each of the hospitals the Auditor General visited only one operating room remained open on evenings, weekends that was just for emergency surgeries they closed operating rooms for March break from anywhere between two and ten weeks in the summer. That's unacceptable. Doctors are willing to work. They want to work. Hospitals have the rooms and space available. Patients need the surgery but it's this liberal government that is stopping them. So Mr. Speaker for the last time today will the Premier finally answer a question and say how has she allowed this erosion of health care to take place? So we need to remember that it was his party in the last election that promised to cut 100,000 jobs many of them Mr. Speaker in health care. In fact it was his party Mr. Speaker that fired 6,000 nurses in this province and it was his party that closed 10,000 hospital beds Mr. Speaker so I have no doubt that just like under their party leadership and government we had electricity brownouts and blackouts with that party in power again we will have a health care brownout Mr. Speaker New question for the Premier the Premier began this session by promising a reset I hoped that this would signal that people would see the bold change that they would see in the future and I hope that that people would see the bold change that is needed in this province but since September instead of making Hydro more affordable the Premier is still selling Hydro 1 instead of fixing our health care system new data shows that 60% of our hospitals have an unsafe level of overcrowding instead of creating opportunity in good jobs young people are earning less and struggling to find work people can't wait forever then will Ontarians see some action on these files that they need to see action on Mr. Speaker on a range of issues that the leader of the third party has referenced we are working so I don't know if the leader of the third party remembers the throne speech but we made an announcement in the throne speech that we would be reducing the electricity costs as of January 1 taking the PST the provincial portion of the HST off their bills Mr. Speaker and that was an idea that had come from many places including from the third party so Mr. Speaker we are moving forward we are taking action but Mr. Speaker we need to look at what's happening in the economy in Ontario look at the number of jobs that have been created look at the fact that we are leading that growth Mr. Speaker we recognize that there is more to be done we recognize that everyone needs to feel that growth Mr. Speaker but we are on a path that is leading to economic growth in this province that is leading the country thank you people across Ontario want to have a reason to be hopeful the thing is they know what a great place this can be but they're worried they're worried that even though life is tough today for their kids the next generation won't have the opportunities they did unless we see some big changes it's only going to make life harder here in Ontario it's going to make it harder to create a good life here will this Premier tell Ontarians why she didn't use this past session to make the changes that people need to see the changes that we're making let's talk about the investment in 100,000 child care spaces Mr. Speaker that we are making let's talk about the fact that we are just this morning Mr. Speaker we made an announcement about community benefits projects that are going to tie job creation for young people who otherwise would not have access to the job market are going to tie those training opportunities to the building of infrastructure infrastructure Mr. Speaker that the third party does not support building but we are building and we're tying job creation infrastructure Mr. Speaker so those are the kinds of changes that are leading to the growth that we are seeing in the province those are the kinds of changes that we are making that will ensure a bright future for this province Mr. Speaker and that is exactly what government exists to do final supplementary people who own or work for a small business know that skyrocketing hydro costs are threatening their future hospitals are overcrowded the premier who is a former education minister and trustee has let schools crumble and repair backlogs grow and it is harder than ever to get a good job in this province a good job in this province with benefits and decent wages and that's not what people voted for Mr. Speaker they're disappointed because they expected so much more from this premier with one more day in the session Mr. Speaker will the premier commit to the action that people need to see to make life better for them and their kids here in Ontario if the leader of the third party is asking whether we will commit to rebuilding and renovating and building new schools yes we will we're doing that Mr. Speaker will we work on wait times will we make sure that people have access to primary care Mr. Speaker will we make sure that they have more direct access by putting in place that yes we will Mr. Speaker the member from Kitchener Waterloo is warned carry on the leader of the third party is asking whether we will make tuition free for low income students in this province Mr. Speaker you see it please thank you new question the leader of the third party Mr. Speaker my next question is for the premier as well but what I have to ask is why is it that after 13 years of liberals in charge in this province things have gotten so bad hospitals are dangerously overcrowded St. Mary's hospital and Kitchener the grand river hospital in Waterloo are regularly overcrowded but that's okay because I guess people can just go to Guelph right no Guelph general has been overcrowded for two and a half years how many people in Kitchener Waterloo and Guelph have been treated in hallways or gotten an infection in an overcrowded hospital the leader of the third party referenced my work as a school trustee and I know she will understand that as a former educator and school trustee she'll understand that when we came into office and the graduation rate in this province from high school was 68% Mr. Speaker we thought that was not adequate and Mr. Speaker the graduation rate now is 85% electricity grid that's reliable Mr. Speaker those are all changes that affect people's lives every single day now is there more to do is there more that we need to do to make sure that healthcare and education and electricity that all of those things work for people absolutely Mr. Speaker but has there been improvement on our watch absolutely Mr. Speaker you see any police start the clock new question oh sorry supplement Toronto hospitals are overcrowded as well Speaker and it means going to the hospital could leave you sicker than when you went in here in Toronto North York general sick kids St. Joseph's healthcare Toronto general Sunnybrook and St. Mike's are all overcrowded will the Premier tell us how many people in these hospitals here in Toronto have been treated in a hallway and how many got an infection because of the hospital overcrowding in Toronto's hospitals you know I do understand that negativity is up it's a tactic it's a strategy it's something that opposition parties choose to choose to use Mr. Speaker and I understand that it is their job to point out where there are challenges and where there needs to be improvement but I am not going to buy into the denigration of the healthcare system in this province I am not going to buy into a notion that somehow the hospitals and the healthcare workers in this province are not doing an excellent job because they are Mr. Speaker and I know that because I go into those hospitals I talk to the people who are working in those hospitals my grandchild my first grandchild was born in North York general Mr. Speaker it's a fantastic hospital Sunnybrook Hospital is in my ride delivers wonderful service that's the healthcare system in Ontario is there more to do absolutely 345 million for hospitals in the budget another 140 million thank you thank you final supplementary Mr. Speaker it's the government that's not doing a good job with the hospital system and it's leading to a crisis of overcrowding and the premier is denying it yet again just as she did yesterday consider it a safe lever for hospitals but according to the auditor general 60% of Ontario's hospitals are overcrowded some are filled to over 100% capacity speaker in 2014 the president of the Canadian Medical Association described how hospitals deal with occupancy rates that are over 100% and people being put in over capacity beds here's what he said what they really are are windowless nooks, crannies and room closets anywhere we can squeeze in a structure or a bed when will this government when will this government fund hospitals properly and develop policies to stop you see it in place thank you thank you Mr. Speaker and of course there's always more work to be done and that's why we introduced and will be voting on the patients first act shortly and I look forward to the response of the third party but I actually would prefer to take the perspective Mr. Speaker I actually prefer to take the perspective of my critic in the NDP party and I agree with her on this point that she was speaking initially about Ontario's cancer services saying they are one of the best in the world which is true and then she went on to say we have an excellent health care system and an excellent cancer care system I happen to agree with that assessment Mr. Speaker and in fact literally every third party analysis of our health care system ranks it as the best or one of the best in the entire country thank you Mr. Speaker thank you Mr. Speaker my question is for the Premier this Liberal government doesn't want to take a clear stand when it comes to road tools that's because Liberal members outside of the downtown court know their constituents can't afford them because they know they can't afford stop the clock please the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services is warned carry on it's because they know that they can't afford to pay new tools those members need to stand up for their constituents Mr. Speaker will the Premier allow her members to vote with their constituents and against road tools on our leader's private members motion tomorrow much you know it's interesting I know over the last couple of days this topic has come up a number of times what confuses I think not only me Speaker but I would argue it confuses most people across the province of Ontario as it relates to where the leader of the opposition stands on this particular issue I'm looking at a quote from Patrick Brown from the Leader of the Opposition from the Flamborough Chamber of Commerce July 25th of this year here's the quote I read Speaker I don't think it's appropriate for the province to come in and say we know best when frankly it should be the local issues that have the best sense of where the gridlock exists Speaker interesting just a day later a day later in the Hamilton Spectator another quote from the Leader of the Opposition of municipalities if the mayor and council have stated very clearly that's where they want the provincial partnership to be Speaker that's where it'll be Speaker and this morning on CBC's Metro Morning Speaker that leader said what I have said on road tools is that I'm not against them completely Speaker Speaker the members for Durham Region York Region, Brampton Mississauga, Oakville, Scarborough Etobicoke and Warler Region need to stand up for their constituents they need to vote for their constituents constituents who want no part in highway tolls now Speaker something tells me they will be forced to vote the way the Premier's office tells them they need to decide if they're with the constituents or Premier Catherine Winn Mr. Speaker I'll ask again will the Liberal members be allowed to stand up and vote with their constituents and against road tolls Speaker I thank the member for the follow-up question here's another quote from the Durham Chamber of Commerce Durham in the 905 August 29, 2016 Speaker from the leader of the opposition quote we have to reflect what the top priorities are in each community by looking at what the council is saying and if there's a resolution of council saying that this is where the top priority is then governments should try to work with our municipal partners to respect the municipal wishes Speaker I think there's additional confusion Speaker because the only party that's ever come forward with a plan to toll in this province at the provincial level broadly speaking has been the Conservative Party with the 407 and then Speaker not more than a year or two later they sold the 407 they killed the Eglinton Subway they didn't just kill the Eglinton Subway Speaker they killed it and they filled it Speaker both of those transportation needs continue to haunt the people of this region and the people of this province we will not go back to those days Speaker we're building the province up and we're moving forward New question to member from Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you My question is for the Premier I have a question on behalf of the Premier's own constituents Aidan Weilsman is just 16 he was going blind and desperately needed surgery but his family was shocked and appalled to learn that OHIP wouldn't pay for the surgery to save Aidan's sides his parents were forced to choose between thousands of dollars out of pocket or let their son their child go blind it was an absolute nightmare no parents in this province should be let down so badly by their own government How can the Premier say that she believes in Medicare where care is based on needs not on ability to pay and at the same time refused to cover Aidan's surgery a surgery that is covered by many other provinces Thank you My heart goes out to the family to this young man and to his parents I know that the Minister of Health will speak to the specifics of the way decisions are made around these very very difficult difficult issues but what I will say is that it is extremely important in a healthcare system as large as ours that we have evidence based decision making that we have a system that relies on the expert evidence and that those decisions are made in as objective a way as possible based on the evidence that is paramount in a system as large as we have in Ontario Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Health will speak to that decision making process in the supplementary Thank you I believe in decision made based on evidence no problem about that but exactly how much effort is the Premier putting in developing the body of evidence that would allow us to make that decision it has been five long years studying these procedures every other provinces have concluded their body of evidence and supported the surgery but we are still reviewing meanwhile Aidan well deserve a bright future in his time of need this province said that he would have to go blind first before he could get any help from this government this is senseless and frankly this is mean Aidan face the first dilemmas of them all let your child go blind or pay for a surgery that you can't afford member premier with Medicare carries based on needs not on ability to pay why is this government putting the future of kids like Aidan at risk by refusing to cover the surgery to save them Thank you Mr. Speaker I am sure you all know that you are not only looking at the needs of people who need but based on evidence and science and expert advice Ontario health technology advisory committee or OTAC we took the politics out of the decision making for these procedures OTAC recommended this is for corneal cross-link surgery it be made available in a limited fashion because they determined appropriate alternative treatment pathway for patients with certain medical conditions so not withstanding that decision by the technical advisory committee we made corneal cross-link surgery available through Kensington on a conditional funding program not through OHIP because the science wasn't there but we made it available we quadrupled the funding for it anticipating having the results of that pilot available in the next few months and we will make an evidence and science decision based on the results of that report Thank you Mr. Speaker my question is for the Minister of Transportation I know that the members of my community rely on transport each and every day whether they are a student who commutes from Barrie to York University or a parent who works in downtown Toronto or a senior who can now visit their grandchildren in Toronto they need a reliable way to get from Barrie to school and back home again when members of my community first heard about our government's 10 year goal regional express plan an investment of $13.5 billion they were absolutely thrilled that is because they knew that this investment would have a meaningful impact on their everyday lives and the way in which they move around the region ever since that announcement I hear often from constituents who are eager to know what they can expect when they can expect increased service along the Barrie line Mr. Speaker can the Minister please tell us when the residents of Barrie will see service improvements as part of our government's GoRER plan Thank you Mr. Chancellor Thank you very much I want to thank the member from Barrie for her question today and also for welcoming me to her community just a couple of days ago where we made a very important announcement I know she's been advocating for starting December 31st this New Year's Eve we are introducing new all year round weekend and holiday Go Service to Barrie Speaker this service this important service will include three trips from Allendale Go Station in Barrie to Union Station in the morning and three back in the evening for customers traveling between Toronto back home to Barrie Speaker this is an extremely important step this is an important demonstration of meaningful progress with respect to delivering two way all day Go Service on the Barrie Corridor Speaker it means for the first time ever year round on weekends and holidays that the people of Barrie will be able to get downtown to see a sports game, have dinner, see a show and be able to get back home safely in the evening Speaker Thank you Mr. Speaker and thank you to the Minister for that answer I was very pleased to have the Minister in Barrie on Monday for such an important announcement and I've already heard from residents who plan to take full advantage of the new weekend and holiday service while I know this investment means a great deal to go train riders in my riding it also means the world to our local businesses for them increased weekend and holiday service means new people from across the GTA coming to Barrie to experience all that my city has to offer for instance this opens the door for more people to come to Barrie to attend classic like Kempenfest an arts and crafts festival that also features great food and entertainment Torontonians would also enjoy the wonderful protections of talk is free theater if it's too hot in Toronto in the summer families are now able to ride the go to the beautiful sandy Centennial Beach which is right across from the go stage Will the Minister please provide members of this House with information on the service announcement he made yesterday at the site of the future Downsview Go Station Thanks very much speaker I thank the member from Barrie for the follow-up question speaker in addition to the announcement that we made on Monday in Barrie I was pleased yesterday to join the member from Newmarket Aurora the Minister of Housing and the Minister responsible for poverty reduction and our member from York Center Speaker to announce that also starting this December 31st this New Year's Eve we will be introducing weekend and holiday year-round go train service for the next 25-minute intervals or better between Union Station and Aurora Station Speaker these service improvements are yet another example of our plan at work speaker I think it's important to stress and I can see nodding heads right around this chamber members of every caucus supporting the fact that we're delivering more speaker I would simply say that I call on opposition parties to join with us to support budgets to support the investments we're making in critical work. I would like to thank the members of the City of Toronto in York Region in Toronto and Kitchener Waterloo right across the greater Toronto and Hamilton area have the transit network that they need. Thank you Mr. Speaker my question is to the premier a group of constituents from the riding of Peterborough including Mayor Jero and council members from the township of Havelock Belmont Methune are here today calling the township has been campaigning for a long-term care home in the community and they have partnered with AON Inc to build it. They presented their application for 128 bed facility in 2011 but the ministry eventually responded by saying that they are not issuing any new licenses for new long-term care homes. In Peterborough area there's currently a wait list of over 2,700 people in need of long-term care which has the longest wait list for long-term care beds in the whole province and here we have a well prepared plan ready to go yet the government has done nothing. Will the premier commit to overturning her government's decision on this application and tell the good people from the township gathered outside that they will be getting their long-term care beds that they so desperately need. Thank you Mr. Speaker and I appreciate the question because it gives me the opportunity to express my gratitude and appreciation to the MPP from Peterborough because he and I have been discussing this issue intensively Mr. Speaker it's unfortunate that it took individuals coming to Toronto for the first time to actually raise this. The MPP from Peterborough Mr. Speaker and I have been working on this issue. We had a meeting recently specifically on the Havilok proposal I directed my office to become directly involved as they are. They've spoken my office has spoken with the mayor my office has spoken with the chief administrative officer as well we're looking at working to see if we can find a solution a solution Mr. Speaker that I believe meets the community's needs but also understands that there are a variety of mechanisms in place that can address this need Mr. Speaker Thank you Mr. Speaker a little bit below the belt the members have been working this for a very long time and you know that back to the Premier Mr. Speaker in terms of very weary of her government everything it touches ends up in scandal waste a mistake or a broken promise from you Premier your government wasted 8 billion dollars on a flawed e-health system frail seniors continue to go without access to a nursing bed this is unacceptable Speaker I've been trying valiantly to get this government to show us their capacity plan and say where they will build the promised new long-term care beds considering the Premier does not intend to put the needed beds in Havilok, Belmont, Metham will you admit that there never was a capacity plan for new beds and that your government has no plan to house the frail seniors on the way here here go plan Well Mr. Speaker we have been working hard over the past years where to the point where we have roughly doubled our investments in long-term care we've built since coming into the office 10,000 long-term care beds we're in the middle of a process now where we're redeveloping an additional 30,000 long-term care beds we are adding staff to our long-term care facilities including importantly and we added to that investment this year with new dollars importantly for behavioral supports because we recognize that the acuity is becoming more challenging there are more individuals in our long-term care homes with dementia with Alzheimer's forms of dementia Mr. Speaker but we are making those important investments we're adding the staff in fact we have added 1,200 nursing positions in our long-term care homes since 2008 there's more work to be done we have both a growing population and an aging population but that's work that we're undertaking including capacity planning Thank you very much Mr. Speaker my question is to the Premier Premier workers appeal region children's aid society have been on strikes since September not about wages but about workload yesterday the workers voted on the employer's last offer and they rejected it with 93% of the vote now the workers want to get back to bargaining they've looked to the minister and they've received nothing Premier with the vulnerable kids and families in appeal desperate for help and the workers wanting to get back to work where has your government been Thank you Mr. Speaker and thank the member for the question I just want to take an opportunity to thank the men and women and the society here joining us in the legislature today I recognize that they are hard workers and they're working evenings and evenings in many cases to protect our children and I just want to say on behalf of the government thank you for the work that you do Mr. Speaker I understand that there's efforts that are underway we need to make sure that process is followed I'm optimistic that the union and the employer are going to be able and I believe that Mr. Speaker we've put in place the proper oversight to ensure that the services are continuing to be served we've made sure that we monitor the society on a daily basis and that we're confirming the mandated services are being delivered Mr. Speaker and that the contingency plan is being followed Thank you Mr. Speaker Thank you Mr. Speaker back to the Premier Families and children don't want to be thanked they want to see this issue resolved the vote can be proposed a compromise and the strike and let everyone get back to work by sending a few outstanding issues to binding arbitration but the employer refused CIS management wanted to force a vote and now they have a result but it's still unresolved Speaker why did the Premier let caseload sore, morale sink work stoppage, drag on affecting the most vulnerable kids and families in peel Minister of Labour Minister of Labour thank you to the member for that question Speaker last night a vote was held QP was able to vote the QP members took place in a vote I think they clearly expressed their will in that regard Speaker and we certainly respect that I know this morning the parties have been in touch with the ministry I have assigned my senior arbitrator to the case Speaker I think that both parties as a result of the vote last night are taking a look at this through fresh eye Speaker at the Minister of Labour what we want to ensure is that in the vast majority of cases in the province of Ontario 98% Speaker of collective agreements are put in place with no strike with no resort to lockout in this case Speaker that hasn't happened we think that the parties can come to agreement we're prepared to work with them this morning they both have been in touch with my ministry we're prepared to support that resolution Speaker because we need these workers back on the job new question member from Kitchener thank you Speaker my question is for the Minister of Energy many of us will remember how gasoline prices soared a few years ago we were paying up to $1.30 a liter to fill our tanks but gas prices in Ontario have fallen sharply in recent years regular operation of the market has ensured that these savings are being passed on to consumers at the same time many families have expressed concern over the fluctuating cost to gasoline prices sometimes spike unexpectedly and often have great variation from one area to the next without any obvious explanation to consumers the minister recently announced that he's seeking a review of the transportation fuel market to provide greater insight for Ontario drivers Speaker could the minister please tell this house how this review is going to provide consumers with more transparency of the fuel market Minister of Energy thank you Mr Speaker I'd also like to thank the hardworking member for Kitchener for that question families in Ontario what the prices they face at the pump and I know Mr Speaker particularly in northern Ontario they have asked for more information on just how these gasoline and diesel prices are set so Mr Speaker I've heard these concerns and so I asked the Ontario Energy Board to conduct a thorough review of the Ontario fuels market and transparency Mr Speaker will be the cornerstone of this report so in the coming months the Ontario Energy Board will consult with key stakeholders and reveal three items first Mr Speaker they will explore the causes of price variations across the province second they will identify how the Ontario market compares with other jurisdictions Mr Speaker and finally they will examine what information is made available to consumers about pricing and price variation so Mr Speaker the Ministry of Energy plans to use this report to identify gaps in information about the fuel market and as a better result serve customers thank you Mr Speaker thank you Mr Speaker and I'd like to thank the Minister for his answer and let him know that we miss him here in the back seat we know that there are a number of factors that go into retail gas prices in Ontario you've got crude oil costs taxes and the retail margin these are all components of the price that consumers pay at the pumps historically our provinces gasoline market has fared very well Ontario cities often have the lowest gas prices in all of Canada a detailed report of the gasoline market will certainly help consumers identify these price components and understand how Ontario compares to the rest of the country Mr Speaker the Minister referred to stakeholders being consulted as part of this retail process could he please identify some of the stakeholders who he's going to be consulting in this upcoming review Mr Speaker thank you Mr Speaker and again I want to thank the member for that question and for the supplementary as well Mr Speaker as the member indicated our ministry is listening carefully to the stakeholders most affected by varying fuel prices Mr Speaker in addition to consulting with the general public the OEB will start conversations with the retail transportation fuels industry the Federal Competition Bureau Mr Speaker there are reports that are on this issue the ministry Mr Speaker is also in the midst of consultations on the next long term energy plan the review will be complimentary with this planning process Mr Speaker contributing to a greater understanding and a path forward to the transportation fuel sector Mr Speaker when I was at the Federal level I was a vocal advocate on this topic about gasoline prices in Ontario and now as Minister Mr Speaker I am pleased to be part of a plan which will be more transparent for Ontario's on this important issue Mr Speaker thank you very much thank you very much Mr Speaker my question is to the Minister of Health and long term care this morning we've witnessed another example of how this government uses studies and committees to delay and ration healthcare Aiden we've heard about a healthy young high school has degenerative eye disease and if left untreated he'll legally go blind when Aiden's parents met with ophthalmologist to review his options they were told there is hope there is a surgery that is available that can save Aiden's eye set but OHIP doesn't cover it Speaker other provinces have studied the scientific evidence backing this procedure and are covering it why is the Minister using more of the precious healthcare dollars to study it further so they could actually go to the procedure and give this child as I say will the Minister act and give this child a procedure well Mr Speaker it's because we're following the advice of the Ontario Health Technology Advisory Committee we didn't make a political decision I didn't make a decision on whether or not to fund this we followed the advice of our scientific and clinical evidence based experts who told us that we should on a basis an experimental basis that we should fund in a limited fashion this procedure which is one of a number of options that's available for individuals with particular medical conditions and so on that basis following the direction of the advisory committee which I would hope that members of this legislature would agree is an appropriate approach to take for coronal cross link surgery and quite frankly anything we do in healthcare but on that basis we funded a conditional limited pilot program specifically for patients with progressive corneal thinning disorders we funded that through the Kensington eye clinic we continue to fund that we've quadrupled the funding and we're close to seeing the results of that pilot thank you supplementary back to the minister I don't think there's any common sense left in this government every other province has looked at this procedure researched the scientific evidence and said it's a good bonus let's do it let's fund it but this government wants the tail wagging the dog the bureaucracy that they keep developing and growing as we see with bill 41 today is hurting patients across this province it's time for a change this government's ways mismanagement in this province has become so rationed that kids like aid and another one bail in who has the same problem their health outcomes rely solely on the generosity of others the province has been studying this issue since 2011 how many years it take to realize this treatment is critical for suffering families when will the minister act when will the minister listen to other provinces across this country fund the treatment and give kids their eyesight thank you minister the speaker and I believe that Ontario patients are best served when we make our decisions based on science and based on evidence we have an explicit direction of a technical scientific clinical expert committee that has guided us in this particular procedure which is one of a number of procedures Mr. Speaker that are available I know that the member opposite would like to fund anything that comes before him we have a process we've taken the politics out of the process it's clear to me that that party would bring the politics back in and instead of allowing clinicians experts technical committees established to make these difficult decisions instead of allowing that process to take place it's clear that the member opposite in this party would make these decisions based on politics alone thank you thank you speaker my questions to the premier last month a regulation was quietly introduced that will change how much unpaid leave is available to workers in this province now interesting the change only impacts one small part of one sector the non unionized auto sector the change affects the amount of personal leave time unpaid leave a non union worker can take and it limits bereavement leave for these workers to three days the very next week the premier was off to a trade mission in Japan and Korea where she met with auto industry executives my question is why was this change made why was it made in this way so quietly and why now well mr. Speaker I know that the minister of economic development and growth is going to want to comment on this but I will just say mr. Speaker that the trip that the mission that we that I led to Korea and to Japan mr. Speaker was largely to meet with companies in the auto sector mr. Speaker companies that are investing in Ontario companies that are expanding their footprint in Ontario mr. Speaker creating jobs and really fueling part of that economic growth that we are seeing in Ontario that is leading the way in the country mr. Speaker so it was a very worthwhile mission it was very worthwhile to enhance those partnerships and mr. Speaker I will just say in general that we are working to find ways to help businesses to remove regulatory burden mr. Speaker where it is getting in the way of businesses and at the same time make sure that workers are kept safe and that they have decent working conditions mr. Speaker that balance is what we strive for thank you supplementary well how progressive is actually supporting recessionary issues like this for workers in this province you know it's funny this government has been asked whether it will commit to make progressive changes new democrats have called for like a $15 minimum wage making it easier to join and stay in a union and the answer has been we can't commit now the changing workplaces review is underway well I can tell you the changing workplaces review authors have been clear employers didn't engage in the review process not a auto manufacturer made a submission on changing unpaid leave or bereavement leave for workers it isn't even at anywhere near close to the top of the list so why was this made mr. Speaker and why when faced with doing the right thing for hard working Ontarians and what's best for the powerful friends of the liberal party why does this government in thank you mr. Speaker so when the government has a choice whether to actually work with workers or choose their powerful friends why does the government continue to choose their friends over the people and the workers in this problem Speaker the changing workplaces review now is being underway for some time Speaker and we've had engagement from Labour we've had engagement from advocates we've had engagement now from the business community Speaker everybody is bringing their best to the table they're bringing their best ideas Speaker the emergency leave in the province of Ontario Speaker it's been around for some time it's used by employees the way that it should be used what was suggested was that we might want to do a pilot project we might want to see if we can bring in personal emergency leave that works in a different way but provides the same services to those people that are employed in that industry Speaker we made this decision based on good advice we asked the advisors to bring forward their recommendations we asked if they bring it forward and I would outline and I want to be very very clear that this is a pilot project Speaker to see if it works in this particular industry well thank you Speaker my question is to the Minister of Housing and the Minister responsible for the poverty reduction strategy now Speaker we all know that it's important to have solutions across the housing spectrum to ensure that every person has a affordable home and very recently I had the opportunity to participate in a groundbreaking event at the village by the main station in my riding of beaches east York where I was pleased to learn about the great work that the non-profit housing developer Options for Homes is doing to make home ownership a reality for low income residents since 1994 Speaker Options for Homes has helped thousands of low income people and families obtain home ownership and beaches east York at this particular development we're building 275 low income units where people are stepping up and buying them for their families and I'm very very proud of you so Speaker will the Minister please explain to our House how the government is helping low income families purchase a home thank you well thank you and thank you to the member from beaches east York for that question and for his festive tie the member is correct providing access to affordable home ownership for low income families is an important part of Ontario's long-term affordable housing strategy Speaker today the Government of Canada in Ontario announced $865,000 in funding for Options for Homes through the investment in affordable housing program that program improves access to affordable housing for households across Ontario we've invested over $1.6 billion that's $1.6 billion in the investment in affordable housing program the program gives service managers the flexibility to choose what components to fund in their own communities because we understand they know best well thank you Speaker and thank you to the Minister I'm so glad to hear that our government is making these investments in affordable housing I know that my constituents in beaches east York who purchased this unit extremely appreciate very much appreciate the hard work the Minister is doing to bring affordable housing in Ontario this funding does help strengthen the economy and it will improve the quality of life for all Ontarians and I've heard from so many of my constituents and others across the province that we have a need to create inclusive communities with a range of housing options and that's why Speaker I was so pleased to see that our government passed the promoting affordable housing act yesterday afternoon in the House Bill 7 as you know will allow municipalities like the City of Toronto to use inclusionary zoning as a tool to create more affordable housing can the Minister explain to the House how Bill 7 will help create even more affordable housing across Ontario thank you Minister well thanks again to the member from beaches east York for that question and an opportunity to talk a little bit about Bill 7 the promoting affordable housing act which is a landmark piece of legislation Speaker it's going to help increase housing access and affordability for all Ontarians Mr. Speaker one of the new tools now available to municipalities is inclusionary zoning Bill 7 gives municipalities the option to require affordable housing units to be included in residential developments this would enable the private sector to play a much larger role in providing affordable housing and Speaker before I end I just wanted to recognize the work of the member from Parkdale High Park for her advocacy on inclusionary zoning you know she brought forward a number of bills inclusionary zoning is just one of the many tools that the province is moving forward with to increase the supply of affordable housing I beg to inform the House that pursuant to standing order Bill 7 the Bill 8c a change has been made in the order of the President's on the ballot list for the private members business such that Mr. Fidelli assumes ballot item number 37 and Mr. Yakubusky assumes ballot item number 42 we have a point of order from the Deputy Premier just love to welcome two members of my constituency office staff Neil Whirly and Adam Wall welcome I'm delighted to have you here today the principal of my son's school Southwood secondary school Kelly Kemple thank you my position the final report on the August 14th 2003 blackout printed in 2004 and I'd love to give a copy to the Minister of Energy first of all first of all when I stand you sit I'm sure you are and also that's not a point of order we have deferred vote on the motion the third reading of bill 41 and act to amend various acts in interest of patient care center patient centered care calling the members this would be a five minute he wanted to do the vote all members please take your seats we are today Mr. Hoskins move third reading of bill 41 and act to amend various acts in interest of patient centered care all those in favor please rise one at a time may be recognized by the clerk Mr. Hoskins Mr.halμhoto Mr. Factory Mr. stakeholder. Mr. Mr. Praise Mr. Mr. Mr. Coddwell. Mr. Dixon. Mr. Dixon. Ms. Mangat. Ms. Manga. Mr. Crack. Ms. Crack. Madam LaLong. Madam LaLong. Ms. Domela. Ms. Domela. Ms. McGarry. Ms. McGarry. Ms. Mora. Ms. Jassett. Ms. Jassett. Ms. Jassett. Mr. Zimmer. Ms. Zimmer. Ms. Albanese. Ms. McMan. Ms. McMan. Mr. Ballard. Mr. Ballard. Ms. Nidu Harris. Ms. Nidu Harris. Ms. Wong. Ms. Wong. Mr. Fraser. Mr. Potts. Mr. Wynaldi. Mr. Wynaldi. Ms. Verneel. Ms. Verneel. Madam DeRosier. Madam DeRosier. All those opposed, please rise. One at a time. Mr. Yura. Mr. Yura. Mr. Mrs. McLeod. Mrs. McLeod. Mr. Wilson. Mr. Wilson. Mr. Jones. Mr. Brown. Mr. Brown. Mr. Clark. Mr. Clark. Mr. Fidelli. Mr. Fidelli. Mr. Yacobaske. Mr. Yacobaske. Mr. Miller. Perry San Mascoka. Mr. Miller Perry San Mascoka. Mr. McNaughton. Mr.Usdewa. Mr. Osterho. Mr. Walker. Mr. Walker. Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith. Mr. Harris. Mr. Harris. Mr. Nichols. Mr. Nichols. Ms. Marto. Ms. Martot. Mr. McDennell. Mr. McDinell. Mr. Koe. Mr. Koe. Ms. Lady Patty. Mr. Herp. Mr. James Chung. Mr.pp instruct. Mr.zą structure. Mr. ONES dampon country. Mr.马ten. Mr. Lopez. Mr. Nort. Take It. Mr. Go Apollo. Mr. Kujo Marasca. Mr. arrives. Mr. Hatfield, Ms. Gretzky, Mr. Gates, Ms. French, the eyes are 53 the nays are 42 The eyes being 53 and the nays being 42 I declare the motion carried Third reading of the bill, 20th lecture, Proje de Monde Resolved at the building This house stands recessed into 1 p.m. this afternoon


Comfortable we get this perfect. How's everybody doing? Welcome back to the in therapy podcast with mr. Reyes and Facts We're about to do episode three of the in therapy podcast and The amount of engagement that we're getting I think it's so cool to see you on the channel and I appreciate everybody That was the exact sound I was doing in my head no way connected Last week we reacted to the tat the new tattoo that one of the island boys got and Yeah They actually made a follow-up video of it. What yeah, they did no they didn't yeah, it's very simple I'ma show it to you the comment that the the guy who who tagged me in the in the new post it says Says otherwise my boy. He did a video on your scarface tattoo base artist in Arizona. I was like Don't pull me on blast bro But basically he replied to one of the comments that said that does not look like scarface LMAO that does not look like scarface Um Then what does it look like that scarface right there? It's scarface with the gun the smoke going up says red. It's got a money sign on the side. I Mean, it's pretty fire to me if you ask me my whole leg is gonna be portraits and stuff like that so Pretty hard tattoo and it was a free hand if you can't change it work with me He's working with it, you know, I mean he likes it like it's exactly what you said on the last podcast So you said maybe he likes it and he does and he does there you go.  Mm-hmm. It's for nobody else So if you don't like it, that's where the problem is but he really likes it and he's gonna work with it But that leads us to This week's tattoo nightmare of the week a Lot of people tagged me on this video. I did not watch it this time. You didn't watch it. I didn't watch it Because I want to be surprised this time. The reason why I know it's Tragedy it's because a lot of people tagged me. I'm saying if you look at my my mentions and my tags It's that video over and over So I said I'm not gonna watch it because I feel like this is so you're trusting the people now I'm trusting the people when I was 18. I got my very first big tattoo I absolutely loved it so much that I let the artist have creative control over the second one and it came out like this Which I loved I had such a good time with him the first two times So they went back and I asked for this to be in the middle of it to connect the two He then comes back with this which is simply not this I was thinking that maybe I would just end up liking it And I let him put the stencil on and then his friend came in and they were talking for what seemed like an hour and in That time I realized that that is not what I wanted. So I told him like he comes back. I said, hey Can we change this? I don't really want this. This is not what I showed you. He got pissed at me and he went back to redraw it twice because he couldn't Do what I wanted and that's a very summarized version But I was literally almost in tears about how uncomfortable and awkward this experience was for me because I was trying to stand up for myself And he was just getting so mad in retrospect I should have left but I was young and trying to be nice I guess so we go through the whole tattoo and it comes out like this Which isn't exactly what I wanted still but it didn't look bad I was so embarrassed with how this came out and people kept telling me that it looked like a pineapple And I didn't even like pineapple. So I was like I have to get this covered up This girl that I used to work with worked at this tattoo shop and she said hey my friend can cover that no problem I was like sick. Let's do it I felt like the vibes were a little off when I went to go get the cover up and I don't know what it was to this day Maybe he was drunk or something But it came out like this. This is what it looks like now I absolutely hate it and he also stabbed me in the knee with a tattoo gun on accident And now it's so big and so dark and every time I look at it I just remember about how I couldn't stand up for myself back then and it's it just gives me bad vibes And I don't know what to do about it. I don't think I can cover it up lasers too expensive I just don't know what to do and it's really really been bugging my mind lately So if you have any suggestions on what to do leave them in the comments. I don't like color tattoos. Oh My god, wow crazy how we got this video right after this other video. Yes speaking up for yourself Wow Huge red flag that he got pissed and she also got stabbed with what is what is up with that?  Yeah, I mean the her first experience like she said she was young and Well, I mean her first tattoo she ended up really liking that's why she went with that person again Yeah, and trusted the artist to do another amazing tattoo on her And it looked very simple. I he could have just Guine an image on Pinterest or Google they have literally templates of the same tattoo that she wanted and just Copy pasted it, you know as an artist. I mean if that's not what you want to do, you know, don't do it either Mm-hmm if you know that that's not how it's gonna come out But I do feel like like the way she said it, you know, he got pissed, you know It was it's kind of like a reaction that it's a weird reaction You know, it's not when when somebody says he got pissed Like it's it's not a reaction that came out of nowhere that one day only Specifically with her, you know, it's it's more of a if he's able to react like that so quick after you made a comment That you don't like it that much.  And and how intimidating that situation it can be, you know, he could have easily left, you know But maybe she had high hopes that the tattoo was gonna turn out super dope like the first one because she already She already had that good experience with that person. Yeah. Yeah, so it was kind of like I trust you And I'm sorry for making you upset.  Yeah, you're actually right Understand that a little bit more and then she went on the to the second artist But at this point she was desperate So it's kind of like whatever you do as long as you take this off of my body and make it better, but then It kind of just backfire and she ended up with another bad tattoo Damn, and I feel for her. What would you recommend? I mean because it's so dark right? There's hope that she can definitely get it covered up My my mind automatically went to a lion a Huge you would have to cover up both Mandela. Yeah, everything got to go Everything the whole thing got to go a huge lion Where the mouth lands the nose area lands under the second Mandela or the lower portion That way the texture from the nose covers that Mandela and then as soon as where would the black net be kind of Be the net will be the ice will probably land right here Okay, the eyes the forehead and the mane from the lion We just cover up the rest of the Mandela and it would just be a nice fade out. It's insane Save your money up for a good cover up artist. Yes Well, wish you nothing but the best and I hope you find the right person to do this job Oh Thank you so much for tagging me in these videos. I really appreciate you We are gonna take a short break and when we come back we have our guest John Nelson joining us on this podcast today Oh All right, we're gonna jump into the segment of our meticulous guest that's gonna grow in you, babe It's what meticulous guest Because I want to call everybody on meticulous friend our meticulous friend. Yeah It's not supposed to make sense. No, I don't like it Okay, any other ideas other than a meticulous guest like for people who are gonna come on to the pad podcast We need a name for the segment.  I Like that better what more than a meticulous guest. Yes, damn Okay, so our guest today his name like I mentioned in the last video John Nelson and He does a lot of skits with About you know Situations that we go through on a daily basis not daily basis that that tattoo artists go through You know and a lot of artists can relate to the skits that he makes, you know Yeah, what what what what is that?  We're done Is this dude serious?  I'm gonna roll with this. I don't know if I'm gonna do this anyway. Yeah, we're done And you did great Damn Thank you so much, man like that. I didn't even hurt like I Guess I just sit pretty well You killed it. Anyway, that'll be five hundred dollars.  He he's style is so unique. It's like a Kind of like kind of like traditional realism Well, I wouldn't know how to call it because you're the artist here Oh, that one's so nice so nice and it's not all the way realistic But it's also not so simple like traditional and it also has a touch of like you know That's that's definitely got to be one of the questions we got to ask him Yeah Realistic traditional Oh, how you doing man, can you hear me? Hey, what's up? You guys hear me?  I've been watching all your videos and I'm like, man I wonder if I can talk to him. I have a lot of questions to ask you Yeah, hell yeah, man. Thanks for uh, thanks for driving me on I see you in your car Are you taking a are you running errands or something something actually?  Let me just run out to the car quick. Thank you. Thank you for taking that time, man Yeah, yeah, of course Damn, so my first my first question for you is What inspired you to start making this? This videos. Yeah, so you know what? Um The people were saying like to do it for a while. We kind of have this The shop where it's like open atmosphere.  We're like cool. That's a success. It started to gain some hype So we were like cool. Let's keep making them um And it got like everyone in the shop to do something together and have fun which was Probably the most valuable part of it to me, you know, yeah I mean the type of videos you make they're they're the topics. They're they're very sensitive But also you managed to kind of get the point across without anybody really getting butter about it I'm I'm pretty sure some people get a little sensitive but for the most part when I was watching your videos and the The interactions you were having on the comments.  It's Close to that line and you have to like be careful. Um Don't you know and like when you when you play around in that like sarcasm Kind of rough style of joking like you're just going to cross the line with some people sometimes Has it affected Your career in any way as far as like your clients coming in and feeling a little hesitant or maybe a little intimidated thinking that they're probably going to get inspired and make a video about them That's a good question I've gotten all ranges so um I've had people like stop by the shop just to say what's up. That's been happening like more often than it used to I've had people Come in and maybe feel like a little intimidated based on like the characters will do and stuff Um, I've even had people requests like yo when I get tattooed by you. Can you be mean to me? And like everything I've seen in person at the shop like it's all love which is Super cool. And like one thing that I'm like stoked about is Adrienne and cam Adrienne was my apprentice cams my current apprentice like they're getting a lot of For me like the hardest thing the beginning was like building my clientele and it's helping them do that So that's just so cool to see, you know, that's awesome Speaking of your tattoos though What would you call your style because we were talking about it a little bit and we were seeing um It's kind of like in the mix of very traditional and then realistic at the same time We were having a debate out here, man. We were like, what are you specializing? Yeah, I don't know That's a good question I like the realism a lot or close people have been like hey, I want more of like a neo Dark feel um, and I've always been into like the creepy artwork uh So I'm like cool. I'll just like do some realism and throw some lines on it and like we'll call it neo And they're like, all right, whatever It definitely makes you stand out I was watching your your tattoos and I'm like, you know You can tell your tattoos apart from a lot of people that specialize and kind of like the style that you do But it makes you stand out because you put a little twist to it And you can definitely tell the part, you know, which tattoos you do Congratulations. I'm blowing up first of all Um, what what's next? Actually, I'm opening another shop. Um, that'll hopefully be open In the next six months. Um, and we're merging The uh the tattoo world with like the med spa world So it'll be a tattoo shop that has like Botox fillers. No job tattoo removal Yeah, so it should be pretty cool. It'll be called a model citizen Um, and hopefully will be open by the end of the year. So that's I would say that's what's next That's exciting. Congratulations We have to go get a facial and a tattoo at the same day. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, it's all body mods, right? My experience with the bigger shop is is definitely smaller than or is definitely different than like a smaller shop Do you have a preference you like working with a lot of guys or you prefer smaller? I like I like an open four plan where I can see everyone and Because I mean we everybody gets along so we tell stories. We tell just like, you know We're similar to your environment and uh a lot of the guys here. Everybody's mostly Hispanic So we just blast Mexican music all day long And I think a lot of my clients a lot of my clients are from out of state So when they come here, they're looking for that experience hanging out and Uh getting closer to like 9 p.m. We start getting weird weird conversations. You know, I mean Please describe what you mean by weird After darking it's weird The last topic I remember that it was pretty weird it was hard to get out of it because everybody was intrigued Was about uh One of the artists he had a client That he is a nurse practitioner All right, so Yeah, you know, we just had a patient that he um He went to the bathroom because he was constipated And he just dropped a nine pound ducky In the toilet I'd be like, you know, we have to weigh that World record breaking And it just we probably had like a 30-minute conversation about poop. You're right. You're right. That does get weird Yeah, that was that was a p.m Listen, listen, I get and honestly, I wouldn't have it any other way man Like you come in the shop Just talking whatever comes up and like whether you're artist client You feel like you can jump in on the conversation like I love And I understand like when you get tired and late like the top is get weird, you know You roll with it. I mean the other A few months back like we were getting obsessed with this thing with like Talking about how everyone has a number, right?  So like look these are the top of the set up And uh, and I think we I think as a shop we offered him 3000 cash, right? and uh This might have been a little bit longer ago and he was like, uh, so Yo, because that's a lot of money is an apprentice, you know Oh, yeah, thanks, bro He ended up turning it down like a gentleman Um Leaving the money and then unfortunately two weeks later his girl broke up with him, dude.  We're all laughing It's just it's just a good time. He took it like a champ, you know onto the next or whatever He has now no girlfriend and down 3000 Yeah, it happens sometimes Yeah, man, well, thank you so much for joining us man. I really appreciate it means a lot that you took the time to Talk to us and uh, tell us all your stories and how you guys started, you know, that's that's amazing Yeah, of course, man. Thank you again for having me on it's pleasure me and both of you Hopefully we can do this again sometime Of course. Yeah, do you have a youtube channel or is it on the on the making? You know, I don't yet. We've been talking about possibly making one Um, I mean if we do, you know, we'll launch something we've been working on some new kind of content styles Okay, which would kind of move into like longer videos So we'll see where that go actually right when I hop up here. We'll go shoot some new stuff. So You know, so hopefully be up soon.  It's all the same Awesome, of course, man. Well, thank you so much and you're more than welcome to uh come to arizona as well You have a home here. I really appreciate that guys and thank you for your time I want to say thank you so much to john elson for joining us on this podcast Uh, it means a lot to us that he took the time to To step outside of the shop for a little bit to have this uh interview with us I think he's super chill and super cool. It was uh, it was a real pleasure to have you on the the podcast and meet you so, uh, if any of you want to uh, follow his journey and uh You know follow his work and his videos that he makes follow him on instagram Tiktok and hopefully soon he's gonna be making a youtube channel I'm gonna put the link on the description. So make sure to follow him and uh, yeah We're gonna go to a quick commercial break and we're gonna come back and answer a few emails We are back and ready to start answering a few emails. Today. We are only gonna be choosing one Person we got a couple emails to follow up with from our the previous client So we're just gonna choose one more to get them on the books. Yes So we already set one, uh, one of the clients up. He's all ready to go Um, we've got the dates. We've got the meeting times and everything. So We'll be seeing you soon. Mr. John Carlo. Yes on wednesday We're gonna have a quick little breakfast consultation get his design ready to go and thursday friday We are going in on the full project from shoulder to shoulder for chess plates This week is this week All right, and then uh Following up on your other client. Um, he is deciding to do both pieces All right, and then one of the clients unfortunately, um, how How you said that since we don't put too far off He was looking forward to booking into next year. Oh, yeah So, um, he won't be able to book that be On the books on the books, so Um Um, we're gonna have to send him back his deposit and then hopefully maybe next year he can He can uh reserve a spot. Okay. Once again All right, so the next person is looking for a cover up Um with the hint of color I'm looking to do a big crow with whatever recommendations you might have to add to it I'm gonna decline Crows definitely They they're too dark. All right. So the next one is a cover up as well Looking for true gray Looking for more of a pirate theme. I know it'll be a lot of black and gray So that should make it easier. Uh, to be honest, I am open to any ideas And let you just go at it. So this is the piece to cover up Holy cow, it's dark Oh That is tough Yeah, I'm gonna decline It looks extremely dark and Uh, yeah, I definitely I would definitely say laser is your best choice because There's not a there's not a concept out there. That's gonna cover that up Next one is a cover up as well. It's true gray They want it in the inner form looking to cover up I've seen your work on instagram and youtube and think you're the only person that can help me I've been trying to book an appointment with you for the past year And I hope I get to book an appointment this time. No pressure. No pressure Let me see okay Okay, pretty simple. What did he say the concept? Oh Okay That's tight. Mm-hmm. That's super dope In egyptian school, I knew you were gonna like it. I'll take it. Yeah, I'll take it. Wow Damn, we didn't have to go through a lot of them this time Thank you guys so much for watching. We'll see you guys next week. Peace


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Hey what's up everyone welcome to another video my name is Dylan and I'm a cycling coach at CTS and today we're going to be talking about using arrow bars for gravel racing. My mission here will be to squash this notion that arrow bars are somehow uncool for gravel racing and in case you aren't aware of just how much of an advantage arrow bars are I'll be going over that as well. If you're new to this channel I make weekly training, racing, and gear related videos going over tips and tricks that I've learned in my 12 years of racing experience and as a cycling coach at CTS. If you want to learn how to get faster or just more about the science of training in general then be sure to subscribe and if you have a training question or a topic you'd like to see me cover in a future video then be sure to leave it down in the comments section below. I do my best to get to all the questions in the comments. This video idea was sparked by the most recent GCN show titled is gravel riding as cool as it thinks it is? I've left the link for that video in the description below so be sure to check it out. In that video Dan and Si discuss whether or not gravel riding is becoming uncool because people are taking it too seriously and of course there was a lengthy discussion about arrow bars. Now their position in the video was pretty neutral so this isn't necessarily a response to them but it is the spark for a discussion. Are arrow bars cool or not? Let's ignore the fact that as cyclists we wear tight pants for fun so talking about the coolness of anything is probably outside of our wheelhouse. Now before I start you might be thinking Dylan I thought you were all about science and research and other nerdy stuff like that. Isn't whether or not something is cool subjective so therefore this is just going to be your opinion? Yes this video very much will just be my opinions but that doesn't mean I don't have some science to explain why we think some things are cool and some things are uncool so be sure to stick around for that. That being said this channel is all about making you a faster cyclist and arrow bars are undoubtedly faster so it should come as no surprise as to what side of the debate I'm on. Before I go into how cool arrow bars are and whether or not they're making gravel uncool let's first talk about how much faster they are in case you're not aware. A study on the aerodynamics of a cycling position used wind tunnel testing to determine that the TT position can produce a drag reduction on the order of 20 percent. So what does this actually mean in terms of time savings? Since the presenters were talking about dirty Kanza I'm going to use DK as an example of how much time you could save in that event using arrow bars. The disclaimer here is that everyone's different and I'm just using generic numbers from a website called bikecalculator.com to make my calculations. It's also worth noting that arrow bars take getting used to so an arrow bar noob might not be able to produce the same amount of power as they normally do. Now let's say that in 200 miles of racing you can only actually use the arrow bars for a fourth of the time because the rest of the time you'll be climbing or descending or drafting in the pack where you'll need your hands on the hoods or the drops so that's 50 miles where you can use the arrow bars. According to a quick calculation on bikecalculator.com that would save you 22 minutes. As far as I'm concerned that's the end of the discussion right there they're faster what more do you need to know but I'll keep going. This is not an insignificant amount of time at a race like DK 20 minutes could be 20 places or more. Nope, not worth it.  You can go take your arrow bars to the nearest triathlon. Now obviously as I said these are rough calculations and there are a lot of factors we aren't considering but the point here is that we're talking about tens of minutes of potential savings. This isn't a marginal gain this is a significant one. Considering that the winner Colin Strickland soloed for 105 miles and won by just nine minutes it's safe to say that had he not had arrow bars on his bike he probably would have gotten caught and lost the race. Now to every single arrow bar hater out there I ask you this question would it have been cooler for Colin to win the race with arrow bars or lose the race without them? The last I checked this isn't a fashion competition it's a bike race and the moment we start caring more about how cool we look than how fast we're going is when I start to shake my head. Cycling is a quirky sport that attracts quirky people and that's part of what I love about it and Dirty Kansa may just be the pinnacle of that. Where else can you find so many people that are stoked about suffering on their bike all day in one place? You've got to be a little insane just to sign up for a race like that let alone win it or even finish it. One of the things that I think is awesome about Dirty Kansa and other unsanctioned races is that you can ride whatever you want. You can ride a mountain bike a road bike a fat bike whatever you have and in the case of the people trying to win or get a faster time you can ride whatever bike setup you think will get you across the 200 miles fastest. The majority of this controversy about arrow bars has been stirred up by pro mountain biker Jeff Kabush who has been very public about his distaste for arrow bars during Dirty Kansa.  I mean didn't you see his custom skin suit? Hashtag arrow what am I right? This is of course coming from the guy who won last year's Iceman which is a mountain bike race using a gravel bike with drop bars. When fellow news asked him what the advantages of using a gravel bike were he said just having the drop bars it's almost like being in an arrow tuck on a mountain bike. It's a really high average speed over 30k an hour so it's a bit more like a road race especially near the end. I attacked and got away with Alexi Vermeulen. We were in a little breakaway and it made it easier to roll at speed when we snuck away near the end. Hmm this sounds really familiar I wonder where I've heard this argument before. If using unconventional equipment to gain an arrow advantage in a mountain bike race is cool then why is it uncool when you do it for gravel racing? Let's jump right into the heart of why arrow bars are considered uncool or really why anything in life is considered uncool and that's because it's unconventional or doesn't fit within social norms and conformity may be a lot more powerful than you realize it is. In Solomon Ash's classic psychology experiment on conformity he had subjects perform a simple task where they matched lines of the same length. As we can see from the example the target line obviously matches up with line C. The twist though was that Ash had subjects perform the test in a room full of people who purposefully agreed that the wrong answer was correct. What he found was that on average about one-third of the participants who were placed in this situation went along and conformed with the clearly incorrect majority on the critical trials. Over the 12 critical trials about 75 percent of participants conformed at least once and 25 percent of participants never conformed and in the control group with no pressure to conform to Confederates less than one percent of participants gave the wrong answer. This experiment had a huge impact on the study of psychology and conformity and gave us an insight into just how powerful conformity is. Even when an answer is blatantly false 75 percent of us will cave and go with the popular opinion. This explains a lot about society as a whole but let's apply it to this arrow bar situation. When asked the question should you run arrow bars for dirty consa the obvious answer is yes they're clearly faster and making this decision is about as easy as matching those two lines. The reason so many people choose not to regardless of what justification they claim to use is because of conformity.  Making the decision not to use arrow bars in a race like dirty consa is not unlike matching those lines incorrectly when everyone else did. Conformity and cycling goes beyond arrow bars too. When Team Sky first started wearing skin suits for road races everyone laughed now everyone does it. It used to be uncool to ride a 29 inch wheeled bike for downhill racing and now most of the world cup racers are on 29 inch wheel bikes. Some may argue that arrow bars are less safe but I'd argue that it's a lot safer than the alternative that I see a lot of pros and amateurs alike using which is resting your forearms on your bar tops. I've certainly seen a lot of non-arrow bar users attempting that. People know not to use TT bars when drafting in the pack and wait for when they're either pulling or solo and in a race like dirty consa there are going to be times when you're by yourself battling the wind. The use of arrow bars goes beyond gravel racing as well to marathon mountain bike racing for example. Todd Wells has used arrow bars to win the Leadville 100. Jeremiah Bishop set the course record at the Shenandoah 100 using arrow bars and I myself have used arrow bars to win numerous 100 mile mountain bike races. If there's a significant amount of road or gravel in a mountain bike race then it's advantageous to have arrow bars on your bike. In summary arrow bars are faster so stop worrying about how cool or uncool you look when you're using them in unsanctioned races where they're perfectly legal because you want to know what's cooler than looking cool going faster. What makes gravel racing unique and interesting is its lack of rules. For a lot of people DK is just a personal adventure and an epic day on the bike but just like with everything in life there are people that take it seriously and want to go fast and win and part of the gravel game right now is that you can ride any kind of bike that you think will make you do that. And to Jeff Kabush it's all love man I've looked up to you since I first started mountain biking and you've been a source of inspiration for me. Everything I said in this video is just in the spirit of debate. At DK last year I was just happy to stay with you as long as I could before you dropped to me. Maybe I'll sign up for it again next year and I'll try to hang with you as long as I can but one thing's for sure I'll definitely have arrow bars on my bike because I need all the help I can get. If you guys are interested in trying out arrow bars I left a link in the description for the ones that I use. They're just some cheap ones from China that I intended on upgrading but they work just fine and they're relatively light around 300 grams. Thanks for watching and I hope you guys found this information helpful. Be sure to let me know your opinion on using arrow bars for gravel racing in the comments section down below. If you like this video be sure to give it a like, share it with a friend and subscribe for more. If you want to see more training and racing content be sure to follow me on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. And if you want to follow my training check me out on Strava. And if you're looking for a coach shoot me an email at djohnson at trainright.com