I call this meeting to order.
Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to meeting No. 84 of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.
I would like to acknowledge that this meeting is taking place on the unceded traditional territory of the Algonquin Anishinabe people.
Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the House order of Thursday, June 23, 2022.
Now, while public health authorities no longer mandate masks, I'm going to ask you to think about the fact that COVID is not gone, and nor are other respiratory viruses. Wear a mask in a closed room if you feel you need to protect yourself and others.
At the bottom of your screen, for those of you who are virtual, you will see a little globe. If you press that globe, it will give you English or French so that you can get translation. I also want to take this opportunity to remind you not to take shots of the screen or to take any pictures of this meeting. It will be on the website, and you'll be able to see it there.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on Tuesday, September 20, 2022, the committee is meeting to continue its study on safe sport.
Just so you know, keep your mikes on mute. Only unmute when the chair asks you to speak or recognizes you. All questions and everything should go through the chair. Those are just a couple of little House rules for those of you who have not done this before.
Let's begin our study on safe sport in Canada. We have two sets of witnesses. Representing the Canadian Fencing Federation, we have Yann Bernard, president; John French, vice-president, by video conference; and David Howes, executive director, by video conference. For the second group, representing the Canadian Olympic Committee, we have David Shoemaker, chief executive officer and secretary-general.
Welcome, witnesses. You will have five minutes to present. You can have as many speakers as you want, but you still have only five minutes to do your presentation.
I will begin with Yann Bernard.
You have five minutes, please, Mr. Bernard.