Status of Women committee  As I said earlier, to date, only one third of the complaints deemed inadmissible could be forwarded to an independent complaints system, whether that be Quebec's or a mechanism set up by a national sport organization other than the Office of the Sports Integrity Commissioner. It is therefore a small number and again, one that is based on our first six months of activity.

Status of Women committee  Unfortunately, this would compromise the confidentiality of specific matters. We will be reporting some further details on an annual basis, but, again, those who come forward, the victims and the survivors, in sometimes very small sport environments, in order to protect their confidentiality—

Status of Women committee  Yes, we support it, and we strongly believe that a national registry of individuals under sanction is needed. That needs to be a registry that is publicly searchable. As of today, our office has a mandate and maintains a sanctions registry. That said, there are challenges in terms of making the information in this registry publicly available, because of the current privacy legislation across the various jurisdictions.

Status of Women committee  Athletes, survivors and people who come forward can access both legal aid and mental health referral before, during and after they've gone through the complaint management process. The entry point to the complaint management process is often the Canadian sport helpline, a dedicated helpline meant to accompany and provide information to those who simply need to know where to go and if the OSIC is an avenue for them.

Status of Women committee  Trauma-informed care is essential in everything we do. It starts from the moment we engage with individuals and at any point in time. In terms of our investigations, they are performed by independent professionals. They bring experience from human rights, sexual violence, and dealing with children and minors.

Status of Women committee  There are different reasons. The first reason could be that the matter submitted to us doesn't relate to maltreatment, discrimination or another behaviour under the UCCMS, which is our jurisdiction. The second reason could be that the organization impacted is not a signatory to our program.

Status of Women committee  Thank you. First, I want to share the preoccupation that certainly from an OSIC standpoint, we do not want to see history repeating itself. What you are referring to is a sanctions registry, a national registry of individuals who are under sanctions. We definitely share that objective that you mentioned.

Status of Women committee  I would agree that time is of the essence. The earlier a sport organization joins the program at a national level, the greater our ability will be to address cases that relate to participants under their jurisdiction. To your point, we have received, all the way up to December 31, a total of 48 complaints.

Status of Women committee  Yes, we can. We maintain statistics by sport and by other types of measurement, by type of maltreatment, discrimination or the type of behaviour that is being alleged. Are you asking if I can...?

Status of Women committee  You spoke about the limitations of our powers. I can tell you that, in a few months of operations, we have identified instances to make our process even more effective. I just want to clarify that we have very effective powers that allow us to investigate cases, study them and impose sanctions on individuals who allegedly committed violations.

Status of Women committee  The tools to address that situation are inconsistent for the time being, because they would rely on whether there was an existing solution in place at those provincial or territorial levels. What I want to speak to are the gaps and inconsistencies in how that is currently happening at the provincial, territorial or simply local club levels.

Status of Women committee  Yes. In terms of the inconsistencies we face, Quebec may have a set of rules, and may have a system to address the breach of conduct for those rules, both in terms of having harmonized rules that apply to all participants, and having an effective system to respond to potential issues.

Status of Women committee  The services of the OSIC are also available to the provinces and territories. They may join if that corresponds to their needs. Of course, our office can offer those services to the designated provinces and territories, or we can also work in collaboration with an alternative mechanism if that is the preferred option.

Status of Women committee  Your remarks and all the points you raised are very important and bring to light the fact that there is indeed a great deal of work to do. We are at a watershed moment in sport. Since its creation eight months ago, the office has been working hard to move forward and be there for people.

Status of Women committee  I will start with limitations. The first thing I'd like to acknowledge is that today we have the ability to receive and look into matters that relate to maltreatment and discrimination. Whenever we have the ability to look into those matters, we do. When we don't, we try to provide the best help and empower those who come forward with the means and the tools to have options, and to know what types of resources they can access.