(1)Whether (a) her department and/or (b) provincial departments maintain a database of sick leave records of educators at schools for children with special educational needs; if not, (i) why not and (ii) what is the current method to track sick leave of educators at schools in each case; if so, in each province, (aa) how many sick leave days are taken on average annually, (bb) what are the top five reasons for taking sick leave and (cc) what is the average period of sick leave in each case;
(2) whether the total number of sick leave days taken by educators at schools for children with special educational needs is hampering education at such schools in each specified province; if so, (a) why and (b) what steps are being taken to reduce this negative effect?