Evidence of meeting #86 for Canadian Heritage in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was boxing.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Co-founder, Québec contre les violences sexuelles
—in sports?
Yes, I did, based on how you have to protect the image of the team so—
Co-founder, Québec contre les violences sexuelles
No. I don't think they should be used at all, because at the end of the day it serves not the players nor the youth. It serves the image.
Conservative
Martin Shields Conservative Bow River, AB
Ms. Taylor, was a non-disclosure agreement ever involved with your son?
Conservative
Martin Shields Conservative Bow River, AB
It's too bad that he didn't go to the Brooks Bandits. They have hockey players from all over the country and from the United States, with one from California and one from Texas. By the way, it's not a lower level down. The most valuable player in the Stanley Cup last year was a Brooks Bandit. There are a lot of good players at different levels, absolutely.
Non-disclosure for you, sir, Mr. Walter...?
Conservative
Martin Shields Conservative Bow River, AB
Okay. You didn't have it. There was no non-disclosure for you.
Now let's go to non-disclosure in your organization, Mr. Lindsay. You're saying that you're changing the policies. Is that right?
Conservative
Martin Shields Conservative Bow River, AB
Going forward with the new policy, there will be no opportunity for non-disclosure.
Conservative
Martin Shields Conservative Bow River, AB
I'm not sure what your background is, but if somebody gave me a million dollars, I would think they be might be interested in how I accounted for that. Are you accountable for how that money from Sport Canada is spent?
Executive Director, Boxing Canada
Yes. Boxing Canada is subject to accountability through Sport Canada.
Executive Director, Boxing Canada
Through evaluation through the sport accountability funding framework.
Executive Director, Boxing Canada
I cannot. I have not personally been through that process yet.
Conservative
Executive Director, Boxing Canada
My understanding is that reporting is due annually.
Conservative
Martin Shields Conservative Bow River, AB
You fill out a report and send it in. Would that be your guess?
Executive Director, Boxing Canada
That is my understanding at this point, yes.
Conservative
Martin Shields Conservative Bow River, AB
Okay. That's one-way traffic on funding you would get. That's problematic to me in the sense of.... I have to be honest about boxing, because the history of it in Olympics, in international sports federations, is not good. I personally would like to see it gone from the Olympics, really, because we have problems.
How do you choose the athletes to compete to the next levels? Are you familiar with it?
Executive Director, Boxing Canada
All combat sports have, essentially, a hierarchy for selection, which is quite brutal at times.