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Originally posted by MrDeeds
Penalties for kids? So stupid, it won't happen. What these kids need is stronger personalities and don't see "death" as a escape to their problems.
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Ontario's anti-bullying legislation would allow schools to permanently expel students for bullying, instead of being limited to suspensions, McGuinty said after visiting students at L'Amoreaux Collegiate Institute in north Toronto.
"We're stepping it up, and we're saying it can be the subject of expulsion, which is the most severe consequence that a school can impose," he said.
"We are determined to take the next step to ensure that in our schools we send a very clear, strong and direct message: we will not tolerate bullying of any kind, at any time, for any reason."
At least one-in-three Ontario students reports having been bullied, said Education Minister Laurel Broten.
"We know every single student has seen it, has suffered some form of it, because the reporting levels are obviously lower than the level of what's transpiring in our schools across the province," said Broten.
"That's why we take it so seriously."
Students should feel free to be who they are at school, regardless of ethnicity, faith, culture, gender or sexual orientation, added McGuinty.
The bill will require that schools take action to prevent bullying, intervene when appropriate and punish offenders.
"We're taking policies with respect to bullying and giving them the force of law by introducing those by means of a bill and ensuring that boards must take concrete steps when it comes to preventing, intervening and applying progressive consequences," said McGuinty.
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Of course it can happen.
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(They kinda knew it anyway but and I was kinda bullied but it was never that critical).
