Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Courses that teach the sorts of things the Member was talking about -- I believe it's called Healthy Relationships -- is part of the health curriculum and is required to be taken. I think it starts in Grade 8 or so. There is a requirement that it be taught. I can tell the Member that when I was Minister five years ago, I would often take the opportunity when I was visiting schools to ask high school students their thoughts about AIDS and so on. I found that the students were actually very well informed about sexually-transmitted diseases and the implications, yet, after I asked the question, they would often indicate to me that it didn't seem to matter in terms of altering their behaviour. There seems to be a bit of a problem in altering the behaviour, not teaching it. They were very well informed and able to prove that they had taken the course, but they didn't seem to think it was all that important to them. So we have some work to do there.
Charles Dent on Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on March 24th, 2004. See this statement in context.
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 24th, 2004
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