Mr. Speaker, the best four years of my life were not in grade nine, unlike the member opposite.
To answer, the problem is very real in terms of discipline within the schools, but discipline is not violence. I went to a catholic boarding school. Does the member want to talk about discipline? Does he want to talk about violence? I would be delighted to tell him some stories that would curl what little hair sits on top of his head. I can say that I know a little bit about this from some personal firsthand experience in a school like that.
Generally what happens is a parent will say “I believe in corporal punishment as long as you are going to strap the kid who sits beside my Johnny. That will scare the dickens out of my Johnny, but do not strap my Johnny”. You would hear that as a principal, Mr. Speaker. He would hear that as a principal. That is the problem. We have to give our teachers the authority to discipline young people, but that is not the strap, that is not the cane and it sure as hell is not a piece of wood.