Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
I want to take a moment to thank all of the witnesses for having the commitment and the courage to be here to talk about some of these issues that I know are very personal.
We know from the witnesses who have come in over the last several months that this is not a Sport Canada issue. This is a systemic, historical issue that has spanned decades in this country. For the vice-chair to say that this comes down to money simply is not the truth. It's a systemic issue that's deeply rooted in many of our sports cultures in this country—through the organizations but even beyond that. To simply say we need to spend more money to find a solution, I don't think is a real approach to dealing with these systemic issues.
I think the study we're doing today and the openness to major reform by the minister are the types of things this committee and the minister can do going forward to shed some light on these issues and to look for ways, through our study, to position some solutions for systemic change in sport.
I want to start off with Ms. Taylor.
I was reading through some of the documentation and there was a term that was being used, “garbage bag treatment”. Can you talk specifically about this term and how it impacted your family?
Next I can maybe turn it over to the two players to talk about that term and shed some light on the treatment of players.
I'll go over to you, Ms. Taylor.