Proposed bill would require P.E.I. school boards to report sexual misconduct complaints [Video]

P.E.I.’s Green Party has introduced legislation that would require school boards on the Island to report complaints of sexual misconduct to the province’s Education and Early Years Department. 

If the bill passes, both the Public Schools Branch and the French-language school board would have to provide the number of allegations to the education minister on an annual basis. The reports would not have to include the identifying information of anyone involved in the complaint. 

Karla Bernard, the Greens’ interim leader, tabled the bill for first reading Tuesday after using her time during question period to ask the governing Progressive Conservatives if they’d support it. 

“[I] can’t change what was done in the past, but we can move forward,” P.E.I. Education Minister Robin Croucher said in response. “Absolutely, I think we can support your bill.”