Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you so much to the witnesses for coming forward and for speaking to us today. Your testimony was compelling. It was moving, and I think you highlighted the disequilibrium that exists between the national federations and athletes.
When we talked about the fencing selection process...I know a lot of my colleagues may not be totally aware of how that puts power in the hands of federations and coaches. In my sport, swimming, you don't have that. The top two finishers at Olympic trials automatically make the team, provided they made the Olympic standard.
In so many sports—I'm looking at Rachael for when she was competing in gymnastics—you could finish second in the Olympic trials in the all-around, but you'd be going back into a room and Bela and Marta Karolyi would basically make the decision as to who made the Olympic team. You could be penalized because you didn't go to their training camps, or when Larry Nassar was at their camps and you caused a ruckus, you might not be invited. That happens in way too many sports. In our recommendations, I think we need to deal with that as best we can.
You are all heroes in my book. Thank you.
I want to go to Andrea and Ciara for a moment, on Canada Soccer.
Ciara, you mentioned that the minutes never showed the contract with Canadian Soccer Business being signed. As you might remember, Canada Soccer left those out of the initial minutes that were provided. Then, miraculously, minutes turned up after our meeting that suddenly showed an approval of the contract after the fact. We still know the general secretary of Canada Soccer didn't sign the contract as he was required to. There are a number of issues around the contract.
We have Mr. Reed from Canada Soccer coming next week. In terms of the witnesses who have already appeared from Canada Soccer and in whose testimony you've spotted inconsistencies and inaccuracies, I would like to give you the opportunity to tell us what those were, so we can follow up next week with Mr. Reed.
Andrea, I don't know if you want to go first.