Thanks, Madam Chair.
As others have said, representing our country is an honour. It's a privilege. When someone is involved in alleged sexual assaults, they are dishonouring their country as well as creating what we see, which is the victim going through a horrific, horrific experience.
I hear words like “zero tolerance” and “strongly encourage” being thrown around today, but I don't see any specific measures that end what are allegations of horrific sexual assault. The reality is that today there is still no mandatory participation in investigations, criminal investigations. When I see the pattern of most players on that team not co-operating with an investigation, when this should be absolutely fundamental to any participation on a hockey team, and when I see that today you didn't come prepared to speak to two other investigations that apparently are ongoing, I don't see the transparency either.
To do justice to the victim, we need to change practices so that there are no longer any victims. I don't see that yet. I don't see zero tolerance when in a code of conduct you can simply refuse, and the majority of the team can refuse, to participate in an investigation.