Quebec MNAs continue screen time consultations with students [Video]

Quebec’s special commission on the impact of screen time and social media addiction among youth made a stop at Westmount High School this week, speaking directly with students about their habits and concerns.

“In the halls, I can’t really see people, but I know that some people are super addicted to their phones and they, like, always have to reach for that phone,” said Luc Bisaillon, a student at Westmount High.

In June, Quebec created a special commission to focus on the effects that screens and social networks have on youth.

“You ask the kids how many hours you think a day you’re on your phone. They’ll go to two, two and a half. Then you say now add the screens and some of them, it goes up to nine, 10 hours,” said Enrico Ciccone, the Vice-President of the commission.

Bisaillon and Zoe Lam were part of a group of …