SHAME ON CONSERVATIVE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT!!
The motion from NDP backbencher Dany Morin was defeated Wednesday night in the Commons by a vote of 149 to 134. About half a dozen Conservative backbenchers voted in favor of the motion, but the support was not enough to have it passed.
Shortly after the vote, Morin released a statement where he said the government “remained indifferent” to the issue of bullying by voting against his proposal and “missed an opportunity to take a leadership role in the fight against bullying.”
“We must put an end to bullying and that is why the NDP called on all parties to support the development of a national bullying prevention strategy,” Morin said in his statement.
“By voting against the national bullying prevention strategy, the Conservatives refused to put partisanship aside to work together for the well-being of children and youth. The Conservative vision, which favours criminalization rather than prevention, condemns our youth to continue suffering from bullying for years to come.”
Morin’s motion called for the creation of an all-party committee that would have studied the issue of bullying in Canada for 12 months and report back to the Commons with recommendations that could be used in the creation of a national anti-bullying strategy.
Critics of his proposal felt that it overlapped already with work being done in the Senate, where a committee is set to release a report on cyber-bullying in Canada, and among federal and provincial justice ministers who have agreed to form an ad hoc committee to study legal ways to deal with bullying. Allan Hubley, an Ottawa city councillor whose son died by suicide last year after being bullied, told CTV’s Question Period last month that what was needed was action, not more study.
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The motion from NDP backbencher Dany Morin was defeated Wednesday night in the Commons by a vote of 149 to 134. About half a dozen Conservative backbenchers voted in favor of the motion, but the support was not enough to have it passed.
Shortly after the vote, Morin released a statement where he said the government “remained indifferent” to the issue of bullying by voting against his proposal and “missed an opportunity to take a leadership role in the fight against bullying.”
“We must put an end to bullying and that is why the NDP called on all parties to support the development of a national bullying prevention strategy,” Morin said in his statement.
“By voting against the national bullying prevention strategy, the Conservatives refused to put partisanship aside to work together for the well-being of children and youth. The Conservative vision, which favours criminalization rather than prevention, condemns our youth to continue suffering from bullying for years to come.”
Morin’s motion called for the creation of an all-party committee that would have studied the issue of bullying in Canada for 12 months and report back to the Commons with recommendations that could be used in the creation of a national anti-bullying strategy.
Critics of his proposal felt that it overlapped already with work being done in the Senate, where a committee is set to release a report on cyber-bullying in Canada, and among federal and provincial justice ministers who have agreed to form an ad hoc committee to study legal ways to deal with bullying. Allan Hubley, an Ottawa city councillor whose son died by suicide last year after being bullied, told CTV’s Question Period last month that what was needed was action, not more study.
Read more: http://www.canada.com/
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