Mr. Richard Matern at the Health Committee

On February 28th, 2019. See this statement in context.

February 28th, 2019 / 5:10 p.m.

Director of Research and Policy, Egale Canada Human Rights Trust

I can start.

I think part of what we hear anecdotally is that many people who work in the school system are scared themselves to bring up the issue. Therefore, there has to be some kind of protection for teachers and people who work in the education system, to be able to disclose or support students in creating at least the atmosphere of...either as national standards or a legal perspective where educators and people in the system are protected.

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