It really leads me to the question and I guess we could discuss forever and a day, how we are going to attract teachers. In the end it really boils down to teacher satisfaction. I alluded to that with my previous comments about teachers, no doubt, are becoming a little more frustrated in the classroom with the methodology of discipline and how they maintain discipline and the treatment they receive within the classroom. I had, last fall I believe, asked some questions in regard to a policy on violence in the classroom and the Minister had stated that, yes, there is a policy on violence, but the Minister, I believe, said it was left up to the boards. I wonder if the Minister can tell me if that subject has been further addressed because, to leave it up to the boards, as I stated last fall or spring, I do not think that you

can just leave that to the boards. I think there needs to be a directive to state you must have a policy on violence in the classroom and how you address that. There should be certain criteria associated with that. The object, of course, here is to provide some comfort for those who are in the teaching profession that we care about them and that there are systems in place for some protection for them. As I say, there are not perhaps tremendous widespread incidents of violence in the schools, but it does occur.

Also, I think we need to ensure the respect for teachers on the part of all students. I am sure there are a lot of students who have respect for their teachers, probably the majority, but there are those who do not. We have to ensure our system provides a mechanism to ensure that teachers are respected. I just made reference to two cases where people are leaving because they feel that in other jurisdictions they are much more respected, they have much more authority. Can the Minister tell me what the department's position is on the policy on violence in schools.