OTTAWA — Heritage Minister James Moore says doing nothing leads to the death of children.
Moore was on hand at an Ottawa-area high school this morning to announce a new national anti-bullying and anti-discrimination program.
The announcement was made at AY Jackson High School in Kanata, the school Ottawa city councillor Allan Hubley’s late son attended.
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Jamie Hubley was a figure skater and the only openly gay student at the school — he took his own life at the age of 15 after years of being bullied.
Alan Hubley says it’s vital to monitor what young people do and say online.
And he says this new program will help create hope for a better day.
The program will be set up through the Canadian Red Cross.
The idea is to train thousands of young people to deliver anti-bullying workshops in their communities.
Each facilitator will commit to reaching out to at least 20 other kids.
Moore says the result will be 48,000 young Canadians helping each other to take action against bullying.
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