I just want to add—not that you asked—that capacity is something we also need to bring into this conversation. I'll use the U.S. Center for SafeSport as an example, which was struck after the horrific Larry Nassar case out of the USA Gymnastics organization.
Why I bring up capacity is that it is essential that, if a complainant comes forward, not only will the complaint be heard in a timely manner, but also that the complainant will receive consistent and constant communication as to their complaint. When we build structures, build organizations and fund organizations like OSIC, we need to fund them to the degree that anticipates, based on experts like ALIAS in the room, how many complaints they should anticipate over a calendar year.
We are, as I mentioned in our statement, being overrun with complaints at all levels of sport. When it comes to grassroots organizations, I feel, quite frankly, that I am literally on a plane or a bus every week trying to get to every single one of them. I say that with all the respect in the world. I was just recently in the beautiful town of Weyburn, Saskatchewan in front of 50 coaches.
We need economies of scale and a commitment from our provincial governments to fund this above and beyond anything else. Safe sport is so critical that my key message when I go into a room is that you should not even have an organization if you don't have the budget that can allow for safe sport funding. The reality is that we also have organizations say to us, “But, Allison”—which I respect—“We can't even get volunteers. If we can't even get volunteers, how do you expect us to train them on safe sport?” I think any parent would say that the reality of operating your community association or your local club is that there are critical aspects that you must do in order to be operational, and minimum standards at the very least from volunteer training is a critical aspect of what they need to do.
I wish I had all the dollars in the world, which I don't, but I know we desperately need more people, more resources and more funding to get to all of these incredible clubs full of our children.