A majority of Canadians believe bullying should be considered a crime, according to an Angus Reid poll released Wednesday, Pink Shirt Day. The poll revealed 65 per cent of respondents believe bullying should be regarded as a criminal activity, even if no physical violence is involved.
Respondents in Quebec and the Atlantic provinces were more likely to identify bullying as a criminal act, with support reaching 78 per cent. In Alberta, 58 per cent of respondents agreed bullying should be a crime.
B.C. had the lowest level of support among all provinces, at 55 per cent. About 20 per cent of Canadians believe bullying should be deemed a crime only when there is physical violence, while six per cent believe bullying is not a crime.
The vast majority of Canadians - 90 per cent - were in favour of a cyber-bullying law similar to one proposed in the United States that would make it a crime to bully some-one online.
According to the anti-bullying Pink Shirt Day campaign website, a child is bullied in Canada every seven seconds. Pink Shirt Day is a nationwide campaign in which young people don pink shirts to send an anti-bullying message. It began in September 2007 at a high school in Cambridge, N.S., when a Grade 9 student was bullied because he wore a pink shirt. The Angus Reid poll was conducted online Feb. 14-15. It involved 1,006 respondents and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 per cent 19 times out of 20.
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Respondents in Quebec and the Atlantic provinces were more likely to identify bullying as a criminal act, with support reaching 78 per cent. In Alberta, 58 per cent of respondents agreed bullying should be a crime.
B.C. had the lowest level of support among all provinces, at 55 per cent. About 20 per cent of Canadians believe bullying should be deemed a crime only when there is physical violence, while six per cent believe bullying is not a crime.
The vast majority of Canadians - 90 per cent - were in favour of a cyber-bullying law similar to one proposed in the United States that would make it a crime to bully some-one online.
According to the anti-bullying Pink Shirt Day campaign website, a child is bullied in Canada every seven seconds. Pink Shirt Day is a nationwide campaign in which young people don pink shirts to send an anti-bullying message. It began in September 2007 at a high school in Cambridge, N.S., when a Grade 9 student was bullied because he wore a pink shirt. The Angus Reid poll was conducted online Feb. 14-15. It involved 1,006 respondents and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 per cent 19 times out of 20.
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Source: edmonton journal
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