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(it') Widdow resident addresses HOUSE f C . ll ' " 'ACdra2 o "TO A s _ sod ' o / f9 ' minimum n Af 0 37" tiotthutnberland Today _ OTTAWA - Wicldow resident , Roy Kempton was on Parliament Hill lune 5 to represent A.B'.I. II I . (the Anti-Bullying Initiative) in III l, ' l " . i addressing the House of Com- ' .I I fy" l ~ I 4;?” _ mons Standing Committee on I I W? r . " , . lusiice and Human Rights. . - _ Kempton spoke at, hearings I I I ' I" A' , with respect to Bill 0-13, an act . ' . MM' y . , w I 5 i to amend the Criminal Code. His I " tr, '. y L t: l I I . _ = ir, I I t . _ specific focuswas on issues sur- _ y Y i ,l w, l, I I I; h' _ rounding cytoer-buWmF a factor t' t , ' II . a. , I in the death ofhis granddaughter .9; I i an; . " I Js, I . 4t A, i , sixyears ago thissumrner. III bt ", i, E l.E “,II r“ I _ ' l I Abigayle Rachel Kempton was il / ',l] , , ' ' ' . _ I I , I i I born on luly 27, 1994, in Cobourg. ., . " l wr l i In her first dozen years of life, she _ I , , ' c. E I [ knew nothing but love from her I ‘ tS I. t . i 1 extended family and friends - . _ N, . ll, ', y playing with her cousins, enjoy- _ In "I I T I ing games together, the visits to. V 1"" 'l _ l '. I . ' ' rc the fall fairsthat she loved. 'mtr I II ' I l, J " i - I . l She seemed a happy, amia- " " ._jjjt'.i,,ry..frr,/i, _ .I a ( ' Ia l hie childwith a wonderful sense ' 1.3. . T J,'; L a If ., I t r " . ' ofiuunour,whoseemedttsmake f" _ Jtirdd . ",t' J i' _"', ls. ' 'T I ' l C) friendseasily. ,v ,r- 'Ar, C" i , _ " k l. II I An aspiring poet himself, , ' " I _ I it 'i' . 3% . l Kempton was impressed with t y at»: -n,' .n- i . , y, d I r i Aiisownefhrts. Al / o'.) V . r a w r W. ir, l "I think she would have been a F I ,LII: m"' ( J _ _ .' , I . it ' l , A , E very goodwriter," he ventured. i t tb" l I”. . t it! _ I _ , ‘ I " l , " ' Abi entered a new school for " “SI '. _ _ _ I' 7 '. if 'l . l 'd w 1 her Grade Tyear, and that's when " ' - jg "I ' , I, C" I l. i » C' t ‘ i _ things changed fur her - her . f3" I:, _ , . _ , - . , I ' r appearance as well asherbehav- I _ _. _ l at. I ' I I ,r ' / d ' , . . iour. l _ I ' ., p' Q 'i' l l I She went from a sunny girl - . . ... A rr' ' . t . _ -___ I vr I I MSM' to one who consiséently dis- M k W h f _ l . - sunllrrrm played frustration an anger, and i e allace. f air 0 theIHouse of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Ri hts left recentl I ' . . ' then to one who grew quiet and hearings on Bill ty13. Kempton hoped the story of his granddaughter Abigayle might put a 1'l'll'd (facgon the lrargtie'/2vhkytl'/trtytlt Roy Kempton to the committee s depressed and listeétedtIp sad I th I Y g. afNic, She took to' fess rfg'iri' "say ings, they do things they" _ "ABI owes Nerlock a debt of far as Kempton is concerned, the scholarshi s i n . ='. ""6, ' V . .0, '; darkIclomiIngIand Iyinglpt hair [ don't Ireaily mean/l Kempton gratitude for the opportunity, he concept of privacy in this cyber- who has bi1rgieglv,1,Cntiuase"te 'e,detveei11t'g,Tiit2ie,t,'.1t,if', _ I black. I I C reflected. I _ sail I connected day and age is not the tribution toward combating bul- from what peo le have tilde, inst , utter family conid-getnUexpla» . Abiwasvery sersitive,butthat _ ' [Ithought it was good to be same concept ofprivacy he grew lying at school and in the’com- "Thin lik pun b . us. 1 nation from her, and cinngto the w.yyPta reason to bullyher. Lats there and to put a face on this up with years ago - and it's a munity. S akt lsd e s, ,emg a.hle to I hope that n was just an adoles: oilods are bullied and get through thing. Most of the speakers that concept that has not as yet been "We have had i tremendous 'h,1 b: :5 mimmee' give us cent phase. But it proved to be it, thankfully. But shewastoo'sen- day were lawyers - lawyers for clearly defined. amount ofpublic support both [mail o". - ”d l us out of the l much more when the 14-year-old sitivhShe couldn't handle it any- Facebook and for the civ1rliber- "We put our stuff out there morally and ru1au1c"uiliy," iGiii - theatr [imam an give us a bigger I _ tookher life" T Aug: 9, 2008. more." , ties association They have their [online), and they we cry foul ton said ' p Forging thi d C In a recent interview, Kemptnn When Kempton learned of the concerns, but they need to know when something happens to it," "After five years I think the so one lF11 he“, the AISI {paged that, over the two years of hearings in Ottawa, It hoped to that this is the end product - he observed. emotion is beginning to wear and Golgi” :13? d 1)tlkeht [ tr11tgehptctrcer",1ttast1t 1getttp,'gl11t)2'1. s 335%: ”if???" 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Hopefully it will mean ointo schools, not to " ' i is aa-s-ic-grit-tti Senior D vs I h 1231mm be difficult to ctrnfirm, Ati, s story on the record along something? in“; you stop bullying' big}; jay "i'5Ty1ii, iii'ililfitg.f, W I _ , owed.because she took the with those of other young people At the lime of his presenta- "Ihis is what happens” Kempton "iiB5, “ . time before she died to delete all like Amanda Todd, who could see tion, he reported, the big concern said. , _ titE9," 'ti' I'l a [‘IT) 8C. 510‘ i merteis, from both sources. no way to go on living u.nder the seemed to be protectingpeopie's They are also preparing to tIrs,)',,",?,.).,:.',). rdtMi1ilralrgi Experts after 2i',l'l'Gci'hr, intent to go pressures they were facing each privacy, especially when a case attend graduations at CDCI East "a'riit9 '.i!.r.5'.> Diabetes Centre any 0 y. S are kids. They day. warrants police involvement, As and West to present, their annual _ . _ I 905-372-8808