Thank you very much, Chair.
I want to thank all of the witnesses, virtually and in person, for being here and for the bravery they're showing.
There was no pathway for many of you. You're the ones who created that path. That's an important legacy. You need to know that there are people now who are brave enough to come forward because of people like you who led that way.
However, you're saying that those who are brave enough to call out those issues are still suffering retribution, and that's one of the things we really need to focus on.
Ms. Neil, as a former captain and a player for the Canadian nationals—I think you mentioned you were at five World Cups as a player or a coach—I appreciated your submission in writing. You talked about how the current system puts the onus on the athletes to hold the organizations to account. That's something we need to address. You talked about “mismanagement”, and “financial practices”. You talked about “dispensing of the norms of good governance”, and then the “failure to adhere to [their] own policies”.
We've seen so many times, in this study and elsewhere, that organizations do their own reports, their own studies, and they seem more performative than anything.
What are your concerns about organizations that say they will take care of it—that they'll handle their own strategy development plans—and that then try to rebrand themselves? How can we hold them accountable?