Ms. Lisa MacLeod: Yesterday marked the first evening sitting of the 39th Parliament. This is five months after the Legislature unanimously endorsed my idea of making Queen’s Park more family friendly, and four months after I requested the Liberals act on this endorsement. The Liberals are either supportive of making Queen’s Park more family friendly or they are not.

Les libéraux offrent leurs supports de rendre Queen’s Park plus amical aux familles ou ils ne l’offrent pas. Leurs actions ou manque d’actions parlent plus fort que leurs mots.Their actions or lack of actions speak louder than words.

To date, the Liberals have paid lip service to making politics more family friendly for the men and women in this Legislature. The liberals have broken their promise by reconvening night sittings and by ignoring the panel that they set-up, to make this place more family friendly.

I urge the Liberals to get serious. To respect the Legislature’s wishes, and to get to work, and make this place more family friendly. I would be remiss not to acknowledge the visitors today that we’re going to receive at the House here today. From Equal Voice Canada, at the reception that they’ll be hosting today after proceedings.

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ONTARIO

Tuesday 08 April 2008