Daryl Dolynny

We will commence after a short recess.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Your committee has been considering Bill 38, An Act to Amend the Jury Act, and Bill 41, An Act to Amend the Partnership Act, and would like to report progress and that Bill 38, An Act to Amend the Jury Act, is ready for third reading and that Bill 41, An Act to Amend the Partnership Act, is also ready for third reading as amended. I move that the report of Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Thank you.

I’d like to thank Minister Abernethy, Ms. McLaughlin and Ms. Ingarfield for joining us today. Sergeant-at-Arms, if you could please escort the witnesses out of the Chamber. Thank you.

Committee, on committee’s wishes, we’re going to continue on Bill 41, An Act to Amend the Partnership Act. Again, we’re going to go to the Minister responsible for introducing the bill for opening comments. Minister Abernethy.

Good afternoon, committee. I’d like to call Committee of the Whole to order. What is the wish of the committee? Ms. Bisaro.

Bill 41 is now ready for third reading as amended. Thank you, committee. I’d like to thank Minister Abernethy, Mr. Rennie and Mr. MacDougall. Thank you for joining us today. Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort the witnesses out of the Chamber.

What is the wish of committee? Mr. Hawkins.

To the bill as a whole.

Another action of the standing committee is to provide schools with the option of adopting mandatory counselling to bullies and provide adequate resources to schools choosing this course of action.

Can the Minister indicate is this being done in our schools and can he elaborate on the results? Thank you.

Bill as a whole?

Okay, there are only nine clauses. So if committee is okay, we’re going to go a clause at a time. Committee?

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...