Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to thank the mover of this motion, for bringing this issue to the Legislature today, and also for Ms. Bisaro’s enthusiasm and support to get everybody here to talk about this issue.

It not only affects students in Yellowknife. It affects students right across the Northwest Territories, in homes and communities. Like I said, it not only affects students, it affects leaders, families and everybody.

I want to thank the Member for the motion here. In the motion it talks about some recommendations that this government could do to denounce bullying. Mr. Speaker, in my younger days in the ‘70s, I liked the rock band Quiet Riot. The band would say we’re not going to take this anymore. That is what we have to say about bullying in our communities. This government should have a good campaign. The Minister is really pumping me up here to talk about the bullying campaign and do it, and these communities that we represent have to stand up and say we’re not going to take it anymore. Bullying is not welcome in Ulukhaktok, Tsiigehtchic, Colville Lake, Tulita, Wrigley, Gameti, Smith and Hay River, or in Lutselk’e and Yellowknife. It is not welcome in

the Northwest Territories. Take it outside the North. Start learning to respect the culture, the values and the people. We have to have a strong campaign that will be a sweeping change of attitudes of people in the North.

What the heck’s going on with cyber-bullying? That’s scary. People are looking to see what they can do about it.

I want to support this motion. I look for some bullying legislation from this government. We have to draft it. We will draft it. I understand Quebec has done that as a result of some pretty serious stuff that happened with bullying. That government has taken the lead to say enough is enough. We, as legislators, are legislating behaviours of people. We think that’s common sense for them, but it isn’t.

I want to say that we want to ask, through this motion, if the government can consider putting together a legislative proposal, maybe, or a discussion paper and say this is what we can do. This will deter any type of bullying in the North here.

I’m going to support this motion.