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Yes actually!

Crossposted from RCCBSL:

Hi all,

Here are the results - please take note of who voted yes (we need to
change their minds), who voted no (we need to thank them) and who
was absent - which still represent wild cards / or a thank you for
not voting to party lines. ;-)

PUBLIC SAFETY RELATED TO DOGS
STATUTE LAW AMENDMENT ACT, 2004 /

Deferred vote on the motion for second reading of Bill 132, An Act to Amend the Dog Owners Liability Act to increase public safety in relation to dogs, including pit bulls, and to make related amendments to the Animals for Research Act

The Speaker (Hon Alvin Curling): Call in the members. There will be a five-minute bell.

The division bells rang from 1441 to 1446.

The Speaker: All those in favour, please rise one at a time and be recognized by the Clerk.

Ayes

Arthurs, Wayne
Bartolucci, Rick
Bentley, Christopher
Berardinetti, Lorenzo
Bountrogianni, Marie
Bradley, James J.
Broten, Laurel C.
Brown, Michael A.
Brownell, Jim
Bryant, Michael
Cansfield, Donna H.
Caplan, David
Chambers, Mary Anne V.
Cordiano, Joseph
Crozier, Bruce
Delaney, Bob
Dhillon, Vic
Dombrowsky, Leona
Duguid, Brad
Duncan, Dwight
Flynn, Kevin Daniel
Fonseca, Peter
Gerretsen, John
Gravelle, Michael
Hoy, Pat
Jeffrey, Linda
Kular, Kuldip
Kwinter, Monte
Lalonde, Jean-Marc
Leal, Jeff
Levac, Dave
Marsales, Judy
Matthews, Deborah
McGuinty, Dalton
McMeekin, Ted
McNeely, Phil
Meilleur, Madeleine
Mossop, Jennifer F.
Phillips, Gerry
Pupatello, Sandra
Qaadri, Shafiq
Racco, Mario G.
Ramal, Khalil
Ruprecht, Tony
Sergio, Mario
Smith, Monique
Smitherman, George
Takhar, Harinder S.
Van Bommel, Maria
Watson, Jim
Wilkinson, John
Wynne, Kathleen O.
Zimmer, David

The Speaker: All those against, please rise and be recognized by the Clerk.

Nays

Arnott, Ted
Baird, John R.
Barrett, Toby
Bisson, Gilles
Chudleigh, Ted
Dunlop, Garfield
Flaherty, Jim
Hampton, Howard
Hardeman, Ernie
Horwath, Andrea
Hudak, Tim
Klees, Frank
Kormos, Peter
Marchese, Rosario
Miller, Norm
Munro, Julia
Murdoch, Bill
O'Toole, John
Ouellette, Jerry J.
Prue, Michael
Runciman, Robert W.
Scott, Laurie
Tascona, Joseph N.
Wilson, Jim

The Clerk of the Assembly (Mr Claude L. DesRosiers): The ayes are 53 and the nays are 24.

The Speaker: I declare the motion carried.

Shall the bill be ordered for third reading?

Hon Michael Bryant (Attorney General, minister responsible for native affairs, minister responsible for democratic renewal): Mr Speaker, I move that the bill be referred to the standing committee on the Legislative Assembly.

The Speaker: Agreed? Agreed

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You may want to note that my MPP, Gerrard Kennedy was absent for the vote (my follow up email requested he simply avoid the vote if he didn't feel that he could cross party lines). His office finally responded to my follow up email and referred to my statement of him missing the vote and said that they couldn't state what he would do. I don't know if his being absent or not was intentional or not - but I'm going to send him a thank you note anyway.

Where do we go from here?

The Standing Committee For The Legislative Assembly:
http://www.ontla.on.ca/committees/leg_assembly.htm

These are our new best friends. Note how they voted above or if they were absent. Either way - we MUST get all of them on our side. This bill must either be completely revamped in committee or killed. We cannot let it just 'exist' in committee - that would mean it can rear its ugly head at any time. It only needs the 3 reading and vote to become law - so the committee is our chance.

I should note that the fact that this bill went to committee is a MASSIVE feather in our cap. The contact, emails, phone calls, letters, meetings, media attention, demonstrations, etc. HAD AN IMPACT!

Mr. Bryant was very sure with his "BANNED, BANNED IN ONTARIO" statement that this would be law by Christmas. Well, it's going to committee due to public pressure - KUDOS!!

New Wind In Our Sails!!!! Congrats all - we're almost there. Keep up the GREAT WORK!!