Gas Busters Part 32: Revised Terms of Reference for Justice Policy Committee

Here is the decision of the Legislature yesterday revising the Terms of Reference of the Justice Policy Committee. 

STANDING COMMITTEE ON
JUSTICE POLICY

Hon. John Milloy: Mr. Speaker, I believe we have unanimous consent to put forward a motion without notice with respect to the Standing Committee on Justice Policy, and that the Speaker shall put every question necessary to dispose of this motion without further debate or amendment.

The Speaker (Hon. Dave Levac): The government House leader is seeking unanimous consent. Agreed? Agreed.

Government House leader.

Hon. John Milloy: I move that, pursuant to standing order 110(a), the Standing Committee on Justice Policy shall be authorized to consider and report its observations and recommendations concerning the tendering, planning, commissioning, cancellation and relocation of the Mississauga and Oakville gas plants;

That the committee be authorized to consider all documents filed with the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly by the Minister of Energy, the Ministry of Energy and the Ontario Power Authority on September 24 and October 12, 2012, and February 21, 2013, and that such documents be deemed to have been ordered by that committee;

That, notwithstanding standing order 108(h), the committee be authorized to consider any report prepared by the Auditor General with respect to the cancellation and relocation of the Mississauga and Oakville gas plants;

That, pursuant to standing order 110(b), where the committee exercises its authority to send for persons, each party shall be entitled to an equal number of witnesses; and

That these terms of reference shall be incorporated into the terms of reference for the Standing Committee on Justice Policy adopted by the House on February 20, 2013.

The Speaker (Hon. Dave Levac): It is my understanding that the parties are familiar with the motion.

Agreed? Agreed.

Motion agreed to.

2 Comments

  1. Does this preclude other documents being presented? As an example there have been no 2012 documents released and both of these matters were not finally settled until 2012. If that is the case that is disappointing.

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