Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Respect, kindness, caring, love, peace, these are core values that we are taught as children. These values if learned and upheld become the fabric of our society values that binds people and nations together.
Bullying is a harmful and sometimes tragic and despicable act committed by a person upon another person, often a child or an elder. Bullying leaves wounds that are visible and painful injuries, and sometimes leads to the tragic ending of someone taking one’s own life. What is more disturbing is that bullying leads to internal and lasting pain, and mental and social problems.
Bullying should not be tolerated at home, schools, communities, or in society in general. Too often we hear of this tragic story: the scene in the schoolyard during recess of children bullying another helpless child. Bullying often results in the greatest pain of all, one to lose their own human spirit, the gift of life that we all greatly embrace and cherish.
Often bullying is an act of intimidation and teasing that causes both physical and mental pain. It causes one to feel inferior and threatened. I often wonder why some of my peers left school and quit. It disturbs me that some of them were victims of bullying. The greater question I have is, why? Why is bullying tolerated in today’s society? Bullying has to stop.
Thank you, Mr. Nadli. The honourable Member for Nahendeh, Mr. Menicoche.
