Opposition wants to know why PSB didn’t pass reports of inappropriate touching to police [Video]

The case of a former substitute teacher’s sex crimes was once again the focus of debate in the P.E.I. Legislature Wednesday. 

Questions from both opposition parties centred around the issue of duty to report, which is the legal obligation for anyone to report a suspected case of child abuse to authorities as soon as possible. 

It’s a provision of P.E.I.’s Child, Youth and Family Services Act, and similar phrasing exists in the province’s Education Act. 

Green and Liberal MLAs said in the house Wednesday that in the case of incidents involving Matthew Alan Craswell, the Public Schools Branch didn’t follow the law. 

“Information was brought to our education leaders within the PSB but duty to report was not followed, a clear contravention of the act,” interim Green Leader Karla Bernard said in a question directed at Barb Ramsay, the minister responsible for child protection in the province. 

“Complaints suggesting possible …