Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On May 31, 2013, our Minister of Education indicated to us that legislation alone to deal with bullying was not enough. He indicated then: “…we will finalize our Territorial Safe Schools Action Plan to address bullying and develop regulations, policies and procedures that will create safe learning environments.” So my questions today are for the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment.

On October of that year, the Standing Committee on Social Programs on Bill 12, An Act to Amend the Education Act, recommended that a territorial code of conduct for safe schools guidelines and regulations be provided by the standing committee and other stakeholders in education for review and feedback in advance of their enactment.

Can the Minister indicate if this reasonable request from standing committee was ever acted on in good faith by the department? Thank you.