I can, absolutely. It is different.
In the case of referring to broader allegations, it moves beyond the spying that we know took place at the Olympics. Recent news stories, as I said, from Radio-Canada, TSN and The Globe and Mail have pointed to the fact that we are talking about much more than spying now, and this motion refers to “an unacceptable culture, including troubling workplace allegations”.
Anyone who has read the media has heard about the allegations of bullying and harassment. This study is far more than what I brought up earlier, and it is much more timely, I would say, because it reflects the media stories that have come out in recent weeks that have pointed to the fact that there are some real problems at Canada Soccer.
I will also add that this motion has some different witnesses, including Own the Podium, which is a funder of Canada Soccer. Again, where is public money going? Is public money going towards spying? Is public money going towards building a culture of harassment and intimidation?
More notably, this motion also refers to inviting the Minister of Sport , which the previous motion did not. I think that Canadians deserve to hear from the Minister of Sport, from the federal government, what exactly they know and what they're doing to fix the problems at Canada Soccer.
It is substantively different and much wider in scope than the previous motion, which focused on the one issue.