Petitions Project – Part 2 – Recent Ontario Legislature petitions (to be continued)
Continued from Part 1
Also: Part 3 | Part 4
I wanted to look through the COVID-related petitions already submitted to the Ontario Legislative Assembly and find any that were interesting or relevant.
Go to House Documents
There are two relevant sessions during COVID events:
- 42nd Parliament, 2nd Session October 4, 2021 present
- 42nd Parliament, 1st Session July 11, 2018 September 12, 2021
Click on Advanced Hansard Search
Set Session to 42:1 (July 11, 2018 – Sep 12, 2021)
Set Type of Business to PETITIONS
Set Date From to “1 February 2020”
Set Date To to “12 September 2021”
Click “Execute Search”
I notice that the descriptions of most don’t seem to mention the number of signatures.
I think it’s important to keep track of the signature count and provide evidence for the public and media of the size of our petition(s).
I think it’s important to realize that the point of our doing a petition, even though it’s addressed to the Ontario Legislature, is to make an impact on the public and government officials of all kinds at all levels, not to vainly try to convince the people in charge of these destructive policies.
I am going to selectively post petitions that are COVID-related and pertinent to human rights or of interest in some other way as examples. COVID-19 is first mentioned in the spring of 2020.
Ontario Hansard – 18-February2020 [pre-COVID]
LONG-TERM CARE
Mme France Gélinas: I would like to thank Mrs. Marlynn Paul from Capreol in my riding for sending this petition called “Time to Care Act.
“Whereas quality care for the 78,000 residents of (LTC) homes is a priority for many Ontario families; and
“Whereas the provincial government does not provide adequate funding to ensure care and staffing levels in LTC homes to keep pace with residents’ increasing acuity and the growing number of residents with complex behaviours; and
“Whereas several Ontario coroner’s inquests into LTC homes deaths have recommended an increase in direct hands-on care for residents and staffing levels, and the most reputable studies on this topic recommend 4.1 hours of direct care hands-on care;”
They petition the Legislative Assembly as follows:
“To amend the Long-Term Care Homes Act … for a legislated minimum care standard of four hours per resident per day, adjusted for acuity level and case mix.”
I fully support this petition, will affix my name to it and ask page Finnegan to bring it to the Clerk.
There were multiple petitions calling for this new standard. I would like to find out if the Long-Term Care Homes Act was actually modified in this way and, even if it wasn’t, whether any elements of the Act were violated during COVID.
Another petition advising more care for residents of LTC homes, the opposite of what has happened since COVID began! There were many petitions like this before COVID.
Ontario Hansard – 10-March2020
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PETITIONS
LONG-TERM CAREMme France Gélinas: I would like to thank Mrs. Sue Dufresne from Hanmer in my riding for this petition.
“Time to Care….
“Whereas quality care for the 78,000 residents of (LTC) homes is a priority for many Ontario families; and
“Whereas the provincial government does not provide adequate funding to ensure care and staffing levels in LTC homes to keep pace with residents’ increasing acuity and the growing number of residents with complex behaviours; and
“Whereas several Ontario coroner’s inquests into LTC homes deaths have recommended an increase in direct hands-on care for residents and staffing levels, and the most reputable studies on this topic recommend 4.1 hours of direct” hands-on “care per day;”
They “petition the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as follows:
“To amend the LTC Homes Act … for a legislated minimum care standard of four hours per resident per day, adjusted for acuity level and case mix.”
I fully support this petition, will affix my name to it and ask Daniel to bring it to the Clerk.
Petitions referring to “COVID-19” or the “pandemic” (e.g. health care workers’ pay for example) became common:
Ontario Hansard – 19-May2020
Ontario Hansard – 26-May2020
Ontario Hansard – 27-May2020
Ontario Hansard – 03-June2020
Ontario Hansard – 16-June2020:
One of the petitions refers to the need to invest in broadband infrastructure for rural communities, etc. especially because of the “pandemic.” Note that “lockdowns”–confining people to their homes to various degrees–would not be conceivable without the widespread adoption of the Internet.
There are many Access to Justice petitions also, which is another irony considering how the court system became dysfunctional and convicted criminals were released, etc. during COVID events.
Ontario Hansard – 17-June2020:
Some petitions were calling for economic recovery but at the same time bought in to the government’s COVID narrative to justify people adhering to “physical distancing guidelines, limiting themselves to necessary travel” and cutting themselves off from loved ones.
Ontario Hansard – 23-June2020
…LONG-TERM CARE
Ms. Jennifer K. French: I have a petition here given to me by families, some of whom were out on the front lawns today.
“To the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
“Whereas Orchard Villa long-term-care home has the highest amount of deaths among seniors in Ontario during the COVID-19 pandemic;
“Whereas we believe the lack of staff, personal protective equipment and lack of staff training at the home during the government-mandated lockdown directly led to the high number of deaths among seniors during the COVID-19 pandemic;
“Whereas COVID-19-negative residents were not isolated from positive residents;
“Whereas the neglect and abuse towards residents at Orchard Villa LTCH directly resulted in their deaths;
“We, the undersigned, petition the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as follows:
“We, the families of Orchard Villa long-term care and the Orchard Villa Retirement Community and the public at large, demand a public inquiry, independent of the government of Ontario, into the practices, events and history of Orchard Villa long-term care, Orchard Villa Retirement Home and its owners, Southbridge Care Homes Inc. for the period of March 14, 2020, up to and including the end of the mandated lockdown, and the five years preceding March 14, 2020.”
Speaker, I wholeheartedly support this, affix my signature and will send it to the Clerk.
However, the neglect was made worse by the isolation. It was a policy to put many elderly hospital patients into the LTC homes. This was documented by the media and it was also policy (links). Also they were discouraged from going to hospitals. And they were subject to triage due to their age. That’s the reality (links).
Ontario Hansard – 23-June2020
…STATE OF EMERGENCY
Mr. Randy Hillier: I have a petition that has been signed by over 3,000 people in the last week. It states:
“Whereas the state of emergency in Ontario has resulted in the highest unemployment rates in generations; and
“Whereas countless small and medium-sized businesses have been forced to close or have gone bankrupt as a result of the state of emergency; and
“Whereas the economic devastation of the closure is resulting in more damage than is being prevented; and
“Whereas the shuttering of our health care system has resulted in many preventable deaths or other critical health complications; and
“Whereas the state of emergency contravenes the rights and freedoms of the people as enshrined in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms;
“We, the undersigned, petition the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as follows:
“That the state of emergency in Ontario be ended;
“That all health care institutions and business be allowed to open while taking the necessary health precautions to allow for a full economic recovery and to ensure a healthy, prosperous Ontario.”
I agree with this petition. I’ll affix my name and have it taken to the table.
More petitions referring to COVID-19:
Ontario Hansard – 24-June2020
Ontario Hansard – 06-July2020:
Some petitions are about PPE (personal protective equipment).
The ironic calls for more care for the isolated nursing home (LTC) patients continue.
The ironic calls for more access to justice continue.
One of the petitions refers to “A Place to Grow: Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe” which seems like a constructive appeal to allow for more quarries and economic growth, but I hope it doesn’t also mean cramming more people into densely populated smart cities. In any case, it’s optimistic because I doubt there is going to be much population growth at this point.
Ontario Hansard – 07-July2020:
Quoting from a Tenant Protection petition indicates the tragedies occurring:
Ms. Rima Berns-McGown: This petition was given to me by tenants in my riding in Crescent Town, Goodwood and also in Teesdale in the riding next door. It’s entitled “No COVID-19 Evictions
“To the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
“Whereas renters across Ontario are currently having a hard time paying rent and other bills, especially if they have lost their income during the COVID-19 pandemic;
“Whereas there will be a rise in evictions across Ontario once the pandemic is declared over and the moratorium on the enforcement of evictions is lifted. Rent across Ontario is already too high and many families are barely managing to live month to month, with homelessness already in crisis;
“Whereas tenants are finding it increasingly difficult to find reasonable places to live once evicted, in part due to rent raises not being regulated between tenancies;
“Whereas the rights of tenants are already limited, and the Ontario Landlord and Tenant Board is in dire need of resources;
“Therefore we, the undersigned, petition the Legisla-tive Assembly of Ontario as follows:
“—Immediately halt Bill 184;
“—Subsidize 80% of rent up to $2,500 for four months for tenants who have lost income due to the pandemic;
“—Restrict rent increases on both current units as well as new units post-2018;
“—Ensure that the Landlord and Tenant Board’s rules prioritize a tenant’s ability to preserve their home through the dispute resolution process;
“—Ban all COVID-19-related evictions.”
I completely agree with this petition, will be affixing my name to it and handing it to the Clerk.
More petitions referring to COVID:
Ontario Hansard – 20-July2020:
A Social Assistance petition mentions how vulnerable people are:
“The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and exacer-bated the financial hardships of residents across Ontario, and especially in Toronto–St. Paul’s. In St. Paul’s, more than 12,500 of our people needed the help of a food bank in 2018, including nearly 3,000 of our kids. In St. Paul’s, nearly 2,500 children are living below the poverty line and the riding unemployment rate is 6.3%, which is higher than Toronto as a whole.
This Economic Recovery petition is interesting:
Ms. Andrea Khanjin: I propose the following petition: “Proposed Changes to the Environmental Assessment Act.
“To the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
“Whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted everyone in the province, creating personal and financial hardship and resulting in losses far greater than anyone could have imagined. Individuals, families and businesses have risen to the challenge and supported each other through one of the darkest periods in Ontario’s history; and
“Whereas Ontarians are looking for decisive action to be taken to restart the province’s economic engine in a safe, yet effective, way; and
“Whereas now more than ever, critical infrastructure projects are desperately needed to stimulate recovery to ensure thousands of Ontarians can get back to work and reverse the serious economic impacts of COVID-19; and
“Whereas the Ontario government has endeavoured to update an almost 50-year-old environmental assessment program to build a modern, practical process that supports strong environmental oversight and a strong economy; and
“Whereas the province must focus resources on pro-jects and reduce wait times for assessments up to 50% for the largest projects, while also matching assessment requirements to the level of environmental impact so critical projects can get off the ground without undue delay;
“Therefore we, the undersigned, petition the Legisla-tive Assembly of Ontario as follows:
“Pass the much-needed legislation, Bill 197, An Act to amend various statutes in response to COVID-19 and to enact, amend and repeal various statutes, to respond to the devastating impact of COVID-19 on the people of Ontario.”
I affix my signature.
So people should understand–or I wish they did–that the devastating economic impact was not the virus. It was the policies of shutdown, which were DELIBERATE.
Ontario Hansard – 21-July2020 :
This is interesting:
LONG-TERM CARE
Ms. Jill Andrew: This is a “Petition to Reintegrate Family Caregivers as Essential Partners in the Care of LTC Home Residents, on Behalf of Ontario’s Family CareGivers” across Ontario and in our fine riding of St. Paul’s.
“To the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
“In Ontario, long-term-care (LTC) homes have experienced the worst impact of the coronavirus pandemic, with resi-dents of these homes accounting for around 80% of all Canadian COVID-19 deaths. As community spread of COVID-19 continues to decrease in Ontario, and regions gradually phase reopening, experts and advocates have grown increasingly concerned that visiting policies and family caregiver access to LTC homes remain overly restrictive, causing substantial and potentially irreversible harm to the health and well-being of residents. The needs of vulnerable older adults in LTC are not being considered by the government as they continue to limit their access to family caregivers, creating and implementing visiting policies that fail to differentiate between family caregivers providing direct care to residents and general visitors attending primarily for social reasons;
“Whereas a more balanced approach is needed that both prevents the introduction of COVID-19 into long-term-care homes but also allows family caregivers and general visitors to provide much-needed contact and care to residents to maintain their overall health and well-being. This could be supported by the National Institute on Ageing’s Evidence-Informed Guidance Document to SupPort the Reopening of Canadian Long-Term-Care Homes to Family Caregivers and Visitors During the COVID-19 Pandemic;
“Whereas Ontario’s long-term-care homes must use informed and data-driven guidance informed by Canadian provincial and territorial policies, international policies, as well as by family caregivers, clinicians, researchers and public health leadership;
“Whereas in Ontario, reopening LTC homes will require additional resources, including funding for PPE and addressing chronic staffing shortages. Existing care resources must not be reduced to support the reintegration of family caregivers and general visitors;
“Whereas Ontario must balance the risk of COVID-19 infection in LTC with the risk of social isolation and restricted access of family caregivers to resident health, well-being and overall quality of life. Visitor policies should prioritize equity over equality, while being both flexible and compassionate;
“Whereas visitor policies in LTC homes must differentiate between family caregiver and general visitor, the latter who are visiting primarily for social reasons;
“We, the undersigned, petition the Legislative Assem-bly of Ontario to recognize and reintegrate family caregivers as essential partners in the care of LTC home residents.”
I couldn’t agree more with this petition. I affix my signature to it and hand it to the page.
Now they’re even more “overly restrictive.” This is “progressive” –people going along with mass fraud and euthanasia by isolating people from the elderly and cutting off care supervision and accountability, and by denying them treatments.
Ontario Hansard – 14-September2020:
LONG-TERM CARE
Mrs. Lisa Gretzky: I have a petition here about essential caregivers, “More Than … a Visitor.” It’s been signed by over 2,300 people.
“To the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
“Whereas the Ontario government’s guidelines restricting essential caregivers and support persons has increased social isolation, and negatively impacted the mental, emotional, physical health and well-being of residents in congregate care settings; and
“Whereas essential caregivers (often family members and support persons) are more than just visitors, and individuals have the right to access their essential caregivers in their agreed upon, preferred manner; and
“Whereas the provincial government should not unilaterally develop policies regarding access to essential caregivers, and must consult residents, patients, families, experts and workers when developing new policies; and
“Whereas individuals should not be prevented from accessing their essential caregiver(s), including during the state of emergency or the pandemic (COVID-19), while congregate settings should receive the resources they need to safely implement caregiver access;
“Therefore we, the undersigned, petition the Legislative Assembly of Ontario to immediately implement a COVID-19 essential caregiver strategy.”
Speaker, I fully support this petition. I will sign it and hand it to the Clerks.
It was intentional.
Another one is interesting, this is the same as one of those above:
Ontario Hansard – 15-September2020:
LONG-TERM CARE
Ms. Jennifer K. French: I have a petition here, and I’d like to thank Avis Ireland of Pickering and many other folks from across Ajax and Pickering.
“To the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
“Whereas Orchard Villa long-term-care home has the highest amount of deaths among seniors in Ontario during the COVID-19 pandemic;
“Whereas we believe the lack of staff, personal protective equipment and lack of staff training at the home during the government-mandated lockdown directly led to the high number of deaths among seniors during the COVID-19 pandemic;
“Whereas COVID-19-negative residents were not isolated from positive residents;
“Whereas the neglect and abuse towards residents at Orchard Villa LTCH directly resulted in their deaths;
“We, the undersigned, petition the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as follows:
“We, the families of Orchard Villa long-term care and the Orchard Villa Retirement Community and the public at large, demand a public inquiry, independent of the government of Ontario, into the practices, events and history of Orchard Villa long-term care, Orchard Villa Retirement Home and its owners, Southbridge Care Homes Inc. for the period of March 14, 2020, up to and including the end of the mandated lockdown, and the five years preceding March 14, 2020.”
I wholeheartedly support this petition and affix my signature.
Ontario Hansard – 17-September2020
A petition of interest about the rights being violated now:
MAGNA CARTA DAY
Ms. Christine Hogarth: “Whereas the Magna Carta is a revolutionary document that influenced the English system of common law and was a precursor in the development of England’s—and later, Canada’s—constitutional monarchy; and
“Whereas the Magna Carta was instrumental in placing limits on the monarch’s power to overrule the law and protected the rights of ordinary people; and
“Whereas the document introduced key principles that hold true in democratic societies today, including equal justice for everyone, freedom from unlawful detention, the right to a trial by jury, and rights for women; and
“Whereas it is important for the Magna Carta to be honoured and remembered as a document that changed the course of history. The fundamental traditions of equality and freedom that characterize our democratic society—particularly that nobody, not even the crown, is above the law—originated in this important document;
“Therefore we, the undersigned, petition the Legislative Assembly as follows:
“Acknowledge the importance of this revolutionary document by proclaiming June 15 each year as Magna Carta Day in the province of Ontario.”
I agree with this petition and I will sign it.
Ontario Hansard – 21-September2020
Point of interest about the destruction to business by COVID, i.e. policies:
OPTOMETRY SERVICES
Ms. Catherine Fife: I’d like to thank Pierce Family Vision for providing these names. It reads as follows:
“To the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
“Whereas the Ontario government has underfunded optometric eye care for 30 years; and
“Whereas optometrists now subsidize the delivery of OHIP-covered eye care by $173 million a year; and
“Whereas COVID-19 forced optometrists to close their doors, resulting in a 75%-plus drop in revenue; and
“Whereas optometrists will see patient volumes reduced between 40% and 60%, resulting in more than two million comprehensive eye exams being wiped out over the next 12 months; and
“Whereas communities across Ontario are in danger of losing access to optometric care;
“We, the undersigned, petition the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as follows:
“To instruct the Ontario government to immediately establish a timetable and a process for renewed negotiations concerning optometry fees.”
I fully support this petition and will affix my signature.
Ontario Hansard – 22-September2020
Petition to establish UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME, which is an elite agenda:
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
Ms. Jill Andrew: I stand proudly on behalf of our riding association’s UBI work group in Toronto–St. Paul’s to present this petition entitled “Petition to Establish Universal Basic Income in Ontario.”
“To the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
“Whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and exacerbated the financial hardships of residents across Ontario; and
“Whereas more than 67% of Toronto–St. Paul’s residents are renters—many of whom are seniors on fixed income, single-parent families and people who depend on the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)—who are facing eviction … putting more of a demand on our already at-capacity shelter system; and
“Whereas the costs of poverty are borne by us all—Feed Ontario’s 2019 cost of poverty report found that each household in Ontario is losing more than $2,300 each year because of the economic costs of poverty; and
“Whereas Ontario families need support to be able to prioritize their health and the health of their families. No one should be forced to choose between feeding their family, buying medication and paying rent; and
“Whereas the previous Ontario Liberal government failed to implement the substantial minimum wage and ODSP increases that Ontarians required. Instead, it decided to cut funding for social housing and privatized Ontario Hydro”—of course. “The Ford government in 2018 cancelled the Ontario Basic Income Pilot project before collecting any substantial data; and
“Whereas the provincial NDP committed in 2018 to making a universal basic income a reality …; and
“Whereas Ontario has the opportunity to be a provincial leader in championing basic income for all, and to work in partnership with federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, who called for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit to be turned into a universal benefit;
“We, the undersigned, petition the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as follows:
“The Ontario government immediately establish a pandemic-related emergency basic income plan to ensure every household receives $2,000 a month and an annual increase with inflation; that the basic income project be considered phase 2 of the Ontario Basic Income Pilot project, with concrete plans to study the results with a view to establishing a permanent universal basic income program after the pandemic.
I couldn’t agree more. I affix my signature and hand it to the page for tabling.
Elite Climate Change resource-monopolizing lies and policies are often presented. Some people want us all to pay more for fuel and heating. Sometimes more is too much and people will find out what that means when their brains catch up with reality. This is totally consistent with euthanasia policies and COVID triage policies for the elderly:
CLIMATE CHANGE
Mr. John Fraser: I have a petition to the Ontario Legislative Assembly.
“For a Meaningful Climate Action Plan.
“Whereas our planet is undergoing significant warming with adverse consequences for health, for agriculture, for infrastructure and for our children’s future;
“Whereas the costs of inaction are severe, such as extreme weather events causing flooding and drought;
“Whereas Canada has signed the Paris accord which commits us to acting to keep temperature rise under 1.5 or 2 degrees Celsius;
“We, the undersigned, call upon the government of Ontario to develop GHG reduction targets based on science that will meet our Paris commitment, an action plan to meet those targets and annual reporting on progress on meeting the targets. We call on the government to commit to providing funding through carbon pricing mechanisms for actions that must be taken to meet these targets.”
I agree with this petition and I’m going to affix my signature to it.
An ABUSE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION petition is presented, which is ironic, since COVID lockdown policies have reportedly caused a massive increase in abuse in Canada.
Ontario Hansard – 23-September2020
COVID policies caused this and not the virus itself, but it happened and it’s documented. People just think that it was unintentional even though there are clear policies to refuse care to the elderly. They used the virus story as the smokescreen. The petition should be calling for prosecutions of the public and private sector officers responsible:
Ontario Hansard – 24-September2020
LONG-TERM CARE
Ms. Bhutila Karpoche: I have a petition here titled “Demand a Public Inquiry into Ontario’s Long-Term-Care Homes.” This has been signed by hundreds of my constituents of Parkdale–High Park.
“To the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
“Whereas the details from the Canadian Armed Forces report on Ontario’s nursing homes are horrifying;
“Whereas the number of deaths in Ontario’s long-term-care homes far exceed Walkerton, the SARS epidemic and the Elizabeth Wettlaufer killings, all of which had public inquiries;
“Whereas Ontario’s seniors have shouldered the heaviest burden throughout this pandemic while problems in long-term care started well before this crisis hit;
“We, the undersigned, petition the Legislative Assembly of Ontario to act to: launch an independent, transparent and public inquiry into the COVID-19 crisis in our long-term-care system.”
I fully support this petition and will affix my signature to it
Again, the demand to allow families to visit the elderly:
LONG-TERM CARE
Ms. Jill Andrew: I present this on behalf of our residents of Toronto–St. Paul’s. The petition is titled “More Than a Visitor.
“To the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
“Whereas the Ontario government’s guidelines restricting essential caregivers and support persons has increased social isolation and negatively impacted the mental, emotional, physical health and well-being of residents in congregate care settings;
“We, the undersigned, petition the Legislative Assembly of Ontario to immediately implement a COVID-19 essential caregiver plan which would:
“Recognize that essential caregivers (often family members and support persons) are more than just visitors, and that individuals have the right to access their essential caregivers in their agreed upon, preferred manner;
“Ensure that the provincial government cannot unilaterally develop policies regarding access to essential caregivers, and must consult residents, patients, families, experts and workers when developing new policies;
“Ensure that individuals cannot be prevented from accessing their essential caregiver(s), including during the state of emergency or the pandemic (COVID-19), while giving congregate settings the resources they need to safely implement this;
“Include a strategy that stabilizes staffing in congregate care settings and ensures the role of essential caregivers is to supplement care and support.”
I couldn’t support this petition more, Mr. Speaker, and I affix my signature.
Ontario Hansard – 28-September2020
There is a PUBLIC SECTOR COMPENSATION “pandemic pay” petition.
Ontario Hansard – 28-September2020
HEALTH CARE
Mr. Percy Hatfield: I have a petition here to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
“Whereas the … government has passed omnibus legislation to drastically overhaul our health care system with no commitment to publicly delivered health services;…
“Whereas every night hundreds of Ontario’s patients wait for care in hospital hallways, showers and TV rooms;
“Whereas Ontario sits near the bottom of developed countries for hospital beds per patient and has the fewest registered nurses per patient in Canada;
“Therefore we, the undersigned, petition the Legislative Assembly of Ontario to ensure the Ontario government protect and invest in a robust, publicly funded and publicly delivered health care system and reject any further private delivery of health services.”
I agree 100%. I’m going to sign it and deliver it to the table.
I would question the assertion of the person writing the above petition as far as during 2020 and the pandemic. News reports indicate that hospitals during the pandemic were half empty. It might have been like that in previous years, yes but that was before COVID. During COVID there was a policy of scaring people, locking them down, denying health care and discouraging people from seeking hospital care (links). Official reports indicate that available hospital beds increased because of COVID policies–meaning empty hospital beds–as in rationing, i.e. death panels, postponing surgeries, etc.
Ontario Hansard – 29-September2020
[Delete those and others if no comments]
Ontario Hansard – 05-October2020
As it’s currently a very cold winter day, I am starting to wonder about these many petitions calling for a maximum temperature in LTC homes. On the other hand, during COVID, have the windows to LTC homes been shut even on hot summer days as a matter of policy?
LONG-TERM CARE
Ms. Sandy Shaw: I have a petition entitled “Temperatures in LTC Homes.
“To the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
“Whereas the province of Ontario requires a minimum but no maximum temperature in long-term-care homes;
“Whereas temperatures that are too hot can cause emotional and physical distress that may contribute to a decline in a frail senior’s health;
“Whereas front-line staff in long-term-care homes also suffer when trying to provide care under these conditions with headaches, tiredness, signs of hyperthermia, which directly impacts resident/patient care;
“Whereas Ontario’s bill of rights for residents of Ontario nursing homes states ‘every resident has the right to be properly sheltered … in a manner consistent with his or her needs’;
“We, the undersigned, petition the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as follows:
“Direct the Lieutenant Governor in Council to make regulations amending O. Reg. 79/10 in the Long-Term Care Homes Act to establish a maximum temperature in Ontario’s long-term-care homes.”
I fully agree with this petition. I will sign my name and give it to the page to take to the table.
A second petition from Randy Hillier of significance:
Ontario Hansard – 20-October2020
COVID-19 RESPONSE
Mr. Randy Hillier: I have a petition that’s signed by over 15,000 people. It’s a lengthy petition, so I’ll paraphrase some of it.
To the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
“No More Lockdowns.
“Whereas the threat of COVID-19 is now understood not to be a risk to the vast majority of people in Ontario; and
“Whereas present testing methods are defective … due to their excessive false-positive rate; and
“Whereas countless small and medium-sized businesses have … been lost” due to “the prior lockdowns; and
“Whereas millions of people have been denied proper medical attention and needed procedures; and
“Whereas global data now demonstrates that children are at extremely low risk of serious illness…; and
“Whereas a growing number of physicians throughout Ontario and the” western “world have recognized that COVID-19 is … ‘a treatable condition;’” and
“Whereas a repeated lockdown along with the present … ordinances contravene the rights and freedoms of the people as enshrined in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms;
“We, the undersigned, petition the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as follows:
“That the government of Ontario commit to not forcing the people of Ontario and businesses back into” another “lockdown….”
I support this petition. I will sign it and send it to the table.
On the same day there was another petition calling for June 15 to become Magna Carta Day. There are many of these. It’s a good idea but I can’t help thinking that someone is playing with symbolism to avoid dealing with reality, or to distract from reality.
Ontario Hansard – 21-October2020
This petition comes up a lot and seems to be a shocking, legitimate concern. People need to be aware of what’s going on with Long Term Care Homes. Notice also how society is aging, which I attribute to anti-family social engineering:
LONG-TERM CARE
Mme France Gélinas: I would like to thank Lara Thompson and Johanne Smith from Hanmer in my riding for these petitions.
“Till Death Do Us Part….
“Whereas there are 35,000 people on the wait-list for long-term care; and
“Whereas the median wait time for a long-term-care bed has risen from 99 days in 2011-12 to 152 days in 2018-19; and
“Whereas according to Home Care Ontario, the cost of a hospital bed is $842 a day, while the cost of a long-term-care bed is $126 a day; and
“Whereas couples should have the right to live together as they age; and
“Whereas Ontario seniors have worked hard to build this province and deserve dignity in care; and
“Whereas Bill 153 amends the Residents’ Bill of Rights in the Long-Term Care Homes Act to provide the resident with the right upon admission to continue to live with their spouse or partner;”
Therefore, they petition the Legislative Assembly as follows: “to direct the Minister of Long-Term Care to pass Bill 153 and provide seniors with the right to live together as they age.”
I support this petition, will affix my name to it and send to it the table.
Ontario Hansard – 22-October2020
POWER PLANTS
Mr. Mike Schreiner: I have a petition from some constituents.
“To the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
“Whereas the government’s plan to ramp up gas-fired power plants will result in a more than 300% increase in electricity industry greenhouse gas pollution by 2025; and
“Whereas this planned increase in greenhouse gas pollution will make it impossible for the province to meet its already weak pollution reduction targets; and
“Whereas this will nullify a third of the greenhouse gas reductions achieved by phasing out coal; and
“Whereas we can meet our electricity needs and our climate targets by relying on energy efficiency, solar and wind, and water power from Quebec;
“Therefore we, the undersigned, petition the Legislative Assembly of Ontario to phase out … gas-fired power plants by 2030 and embrace lower-cost, cleaner energy options.”
I fully support this petition, will sign it and bring it to the table.
Who needs gas-fired power plants!? Here is another genocidal policy. People might think I’m just being polemic when I say that like we’re dealing with some old-fashioned left-right political rhetoric. But you have to start learning at some point and understand what has really been going on. They–media and “experts”–keep saying over and over “too many people” but you don’t think they mean it. Many of you believe it also. What do you think is going to happen to the most vulnerable with less energy available–more of them will die in the cold weather. People have been sold the climate change doctrine to blame themselves for being alive. They sell it to each other. They indoctrinate your children–and you and your parents. Carbon dioxide is essential for life. It is produced by any effort to create heat. Plants require carbon dioxide. We are made of carbon. Climate has always changed. Blaming it on humans is an elite policy of resource-monopolization. You can call it “fascist” or “communist” if you want, it’s coming from the mega-capitalists.
Ontario Hansard – 26-October2020
I’m going to quote one of the abuses awareness petitions. We used to pray “Deliver Us From Evil” in public schools so they stopped us doing that. That was basic training but maybe not enough advanced enough either. It mentions things that people should be protecting their children from–whether in their family, or from media influences or even from institutions of learning and government even:
ABUSE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION
Mr. Michael Mantha: I have a petition from Charmaine Loverin.
“To the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
“Whereas the government of Ontario does not provide direct use of education and real life skills language, nor prevention tools about abuse in elementary (specific to first reader ages Grade 1+), middle schools and high schools; and
“Whereas the government of Ontario does not provide direct use of education and real life skills language, nor prevention tools for five top abuse situations facing many Canadian and diverse families today: physical, neglect, emotional, verbal and sexual, grooming; and
“Whereas abuse affects ages younger than 5 and 93% of abuse happens in the hands of those that young people or youth are supposed to trust; and
“Whereas statistically two in five girls and one in six boys are currently abused in Canada today, not including unreported; and
“Whereas abuse has no culture, status nor religious divide and is a long-term injury that causes stigma, shame, guilt, anxiety, even isolation that can result in bullying, self-harming behaviours, depression, youth addiction and even suicide; and
“Whereas early education, including evidence-based and new community prevention programs, will greatly benefit intervention, awareness and empowerment for prevention of bullying, addiction and suicide for victims and early offenders;
“We, the undersigned, petition the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as follows:
“Request an act to designate an ‘annual awareness of abuse prevention week’ in all Ontario primary, middle and high schools, and to provide for abuse curricula for healthy families and safe community policies, administration and accountability” by the year 2020.
I affix my signature and present it to the Clerk.
I underlined the word “grooming” which is what this predatory system seems to be all about for those who survive it. Are humans just materials and products, and cannon fodder? Is biology a free for all for commerce and experimentation? That’s the end result of the changes we have gone through with our belief systems–so-called moral relativism. Do we even recognize when we ourselves are being abused? Do we know abuse when we see it? It just gets passed on to others. The government is absorbed into a public-private partnership and is certainly not qualified to teach children about abuse. Abuse is what we are all living with now in a big way. If it’s not in real life, it’s via the media.
Petition of interest relating to COVID measures:
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT
Mr. John Fraser: I have a petition to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
“Re COVID-19 Command Table to Appear Before the Select Committee on Emergency Management Oversight.
“Whereas the Select Committee on Emergency Management Oversight was struck with a mandate to provide Ontarians with the government’s rationale for extending the COVID-19 emergency orders;
“Whereas the orders have been extended three times since the committee was struck, most recently until November 21;
“Whereas Ontarians expect transparency from their government;
“Whereas Ontarians deserve to hear what advice the Premier and his government are being given, when that advice was given and the evidence that underpins the recommendations;
“Whereas Ontarians should hear directly from members of COVID-19 command table and be given the opportunity to ask questions about their advice and recommendations;
“Whereas the Premier shall designate, as is within his power, members of the COVID-19 command table to appear before the Select Committee on Emergency Management Oversight in the form of a public hearing to provide a brief presentation on the advice provided to the Premier and his government, followed by questions from members of the committee;
“We, the undersigned, petition the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as follows:
“To demand the Premier designate members of the COVID-19 command table to appear before the Select Committee on Emergency Management Oversight in the form of a public hearing at the next scheduled meeting.”
I agree with this petition and am affixing my signature to it.
Petitions with that statement are introduced multiple times.
Petitions regarding the onerous family law system are frequent.
I think people should verify that the solutions being proposed by petitions on different topics are good or bad.
Ontario Hansard – 27-October2020
Here is a petition calling for censorship and is totally consistent with the overall death agenda I have highlighted–and is also consistent with efforts to prevent people from communicating with each other which I have often highlighted at this website with regard to attempts to control political advertising, telecommunications and email–and which is the whole idea of isolation, lock-down, social distancing and masking policies:
ABORTION IMAGES
Mr. Terence Kernaghan: It’s a great honour for me to rise today and present the following petition on behalf of Katie Dean, Mark Konrad and hundreds and hundreds of Londoners who signed the online petition.
It’s entitled “Call on the Legislative Assembly of Ontario to Block Disturbing Anti-Abortion Images,” and it reads:
“To the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
“Whereas an anti-abortion group, the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform, is distributing unwanted flyers to people’s homes and displaying placards on major streets in London featuring horrifying and graphic images of aborted fetuses;
“Whereas regularly displaying graphic images on our streets and in our homes is traumatizing, difficult and misleading for women, children, and other vulnerable members of the community;
“Whereas the display of these images at crowded intersections creates a hazard and distraction to drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians;
“Therefore we, the undersigned, petition the Legislative Assembly as follows:
“To support calls for an injunction based on the need to prevent a public nuisance, and should it not be possible to proceed with an injunction, to develop and bring forward legislation to prohibit the use of such graphic and disturbing images on flyers dropped in people’s mailboxes or exhibited on placards used in the street.”
I fully support this petition, will affix my signature and deliver it to the Clerks.
Many people didn’t want to engage in the issue politically you see. To them, it’s not an issue, because it’s not really a democracy. In an actual democracy, people would be able to communicate and they would be involved in listening to each other and making decisions. This is not it. Why don’t they call for banning the extreme horror movies and pornography that comes into their homes so easily anyway? They don’t want to hear differently. Anyway, there’s a Charter of Rights and Freedoms which is being ignored every day now and that affects everyone. Apathy means having a drug of some kind which keeps us from caring about abuse. I think if the unborn baby experiences pain, then it’s abuse. What do we call it when it comes to animals? In a real democracy there would be a tradition of being able to communicate freely–there would be channels of communicating to every household that worked. We’re not living in that type of system for a reason.
There is also a petition promoting the HPV vaccine and I think people should question what they’re being sold concerning that and look into the history and adverse reactions of that–and reflect on what it is really about.
While acknowledging the COVID’s impact on small businesses, this fails to blame the policies and downplays the level of harm:
SMALL BUSINESS
Mrs. Robin Martin: This is a petition for small business.
“To the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
“Whereas the previous government made Ontario the most overregulated province in the country which prevents businesses from excelling;
“Whereas the current COVID-19 pandemic has impacted small businesses the most;
“Whereas, without new supports, small businesses in Ontario will continue to struggle;
“Therefore we, the undersigned, petition the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as follows:
“To pass the Better for People, Smarter for Business Act and the Main Street Recovery Act to help small businesses in Ontario so that:
“(1) Small businesses in Ontario will be able to invest time and money in what’s important: recovering, rebuilding, and re-emerging from this crisis stronger than before; and that
“(2) Small businesses in Ontario will have more flexibility and supports to meet the challenges of the pandemic and pursue new opportunities.”
I fully support the petition. I will affix my signature and hand it to the Clerk.
The Emergency Management Oversight petition is presented again by John Fraser: “Re COVID-19 Command Table to Appear Before the Select Committee on Emergency Management Oversight.”
“Whereas the Select Committee on Emergency Management Oversight was struck with a mandate to provide Ontarians with the government’s rationale for extending the COVID-19 emergency orders;
“Whereas the orders have been extended three times since the committee was struck, most recently until November 21;
“Whereas Ontarians expect transparency from their government;
“Whereas Ontarians deserve to hear what advice the Premier and his government are being given, when that advice was given and the evidence that underpins the recommendations;
“Whereas Ontarians should hear directly from members of the COVID-19 command table and be given the opportunity to ask questions about their advice and recommendations;
Ontario Hansard – 29-October2020
I notice some of the Infrastructure Funding petitions have to do with the following advocacy. I can’t say it’s all bad, but the direction of the ruling agenda is clearly consistent with getting rid of private cars for most people and I don’t think most people have caught on yet:
“Therefore, we, the undersigned, petition the Legislative Assembly as follows:
“That the Legislative Assembly of Ontario vote and pass the Ontario Rebuilding and Recovery Act, 2020, so that:
“(1) The delivery of transit-oriented communities (TOC) is accelerated;
“(2) The province and its government agencies have a consistent legislative tool kit across TOC programs that will be clear and easy to communicate to municipalities and development partners;
“(3) Ontario further modernizes how key infrastructure projects are built, creating more efficient delivery of much-needed public services such as public transit, long-term-care beds and increased broadband coverage, while providing better value on our investments.”
Ontario Hansard – 04-November2020
In French:
GESTION DES SITUATIONS D’URGENCE
M. John Fraser: « Pétition à l’Assemblée législative de l’Ontario concernant la table de commandement du COVID-19 pour comparaître devant le comité spécial de la surveillance de la gestion des situations d’urgence :
« Attendu que le comité spécial de la surveillance de la gestion des situations d’urgence a été investi du mandat de fournir aux Ontariennes et Ontariens la justification du gouvernement pour prolonger les ordonnances d’urgence COVID-19;
« Attendu que les ordonnances ont été prolongées trois fois depuis la formation du comité, le plus récemment jusqu’au 21 novembre;
« Attendu que les Ontariennes et Ontariens attendent de la transparence de leur gouvernement;
« Attendu que les Ontariennes et Ontariens méritent d’entendre quels conseils le premier ministre et son gouvernement reçoivent, quand cet avis a été donné et les preuves qui sous-tendent ces recommandations;
« Attendu que les Ontariennes et Ontariens devraient entendre directement les membres de la table de commandement du COVID-19 et avoir la possibilité de poser des questions sur leurs conseils et recommandations;
« Attendu que le premier ministre désigne, comme il est en son pouvoir, des membres de la table de commandement du COVID-19 pour comparaître devant le comité spécial de la surveillance de la gestion des situations d’urgence sous forme d’audience publique pour faire une brève présentation sur les conseils fournis au premier ministre et son gouvernement, suivies de questions des membres du comité;
« Nous, soussignés, adressons une pétition à l’Assemblée législative de l’Ontario comme suit :
« De demander au premier ministre de désigner les membres de la table de commandement du COVID-19 pour comparaître devant le comité spécial de la surveillance de la gestion des situations d’urgence sous la forme d’une audience publique lors de la prochaine réunion prévue. »
Ontario Hansard – 16-November2020
Politicized education petitions which are kind of amazing:
EDUCATION FUNDING
Ms. Marit Stiles: I’m pleased to present the following petition on behalf of my constituent Amy Lester. It reads as follows:
“Demand a Safe Return to Schools.
“To the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
“Whereas the COVID-19 pandemic continues to pose a real risk to our communities;
“Whereas the Ford government’s failure to provide the funding or the plan needed to ensure our schools are as safe as possible means that kids are returning to crowded classrooms and buses;
“Therefore we, the undersigned, petition the Legislative Assembly of Ontario to create an action plan that includes:
“—funding to ensure smaller, safer classes of no more than 15 students;
“—hiring thousands more teachers, educational assistants, custodians and support workers;
“—paid sick leave and parental leave in any modified return;
“—increased funding for busing, protective support equipment, school repairs and cleaning;
“—action to address the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on racialized and Indigenous students and students from low-income backgrounds;
“—real collaboration with front-line education workers, students, parents and school boards through a COVID-19 recovery school advisory group.”
I’m very pleased to affix my signature to this petition, and I’ll be passing it to the Clerks.
Next: November 23, 2020 onwards