Dr. Hedy Fry's Statement on the death of Amanda Todd скачать в хорошем качестве

Dr. Hedy Fry's Statement on the death of Amanda Todd

Hon. Hedy Fry (Vancouver Centre, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, I rise today in the House to mourn, with her parents and all Canadians, the tragic suicide of Amanda Todd. While the media have reacted with shock and dismay, this incident is but one of what has become a serious, chronic problem. Bullying has always had severe mental and physical effects on the bullied and research shows that bullies have often been victims of abuse themselves. The time is past when society can shrug bullying off as a childhood rite of passage. The Internet has changed that. Cyber-bullying follows one worldwide, through life and even after death. It is relentless, sinister and pervasive. There is no escape and no respite. The suicide of Amanda Todd and others who have found death to be their only haven will have been meaningless unless the House summons the political will not only to develop an immediate national strategy to educate and prevent bullying, but to find and punish perpetrators.