Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think they are two separate tools to deal with bullying prevention. One is a plan that sets out measures, and tools and resources that would be available to schools to deal with bullying. The other one is really

an amendment to the Education Act or a stand-alone anti-bullying legislation that sets out provisions in legislation about the government’s tolerance around bullying.

I think the two of them don’t necessarily have to go together. That’s what we are examining at this stage, whether a comprehensive plan in and of itself that has the input from the stakeholders would be a sufficient tool to address anti-bullying in school or whether legislation is required.

We have received some feedback from the NWTTA and I think there is a bit of nervousness around having provisions in the Education Act that deal with bullying because the question of enforcement always comes up. We have done a cross-jurisdictional check to see how many jurisdictions in Canada actually have legislation alone or a plan or both and it’s kind of an even split. But the only way to deal with bullying isn’t just legislation. A lot of jurisdictions have looked at the development of comprehensive plans. Thank you, Mr. Chair.