A couple of things.... One was that when we made the decision, we still had some athletes who Lisa was coaching. Her trip was already planned for the European championship. That's why, as I mentioned before, even though the decision to terminate her was in February, we made the decision that we would actually give her notice the moment the European championship was over, which was on March 17.
Because she was still in Europe and we didn't want her to go on to another competition at that point in time, we arranged the phone call. We arranged the meeting on March 17. That was the day that we said we would give her notice. That's all the documentation that we had. We had a meeting with her, and please respect that this was not an easy decision. We realize that the optics don't look good. That's all part of it, but all of the records will show that the decision to do this was in good faith.
When I had negotiated a contract with Lisa, she demanded that the termination clause in her contract be increased from what the Nova Scotia labour laws required, which was six weeks. She demanded that she be given another week for every year that she worked, which I abided by. She also wanted her probationary period taken out of her contract, which I also was.... She was very clear that the funding came from the gender equity fund, having emails to that effect. She knew that this position could be terminated. She negotiated a termination clause in her employment contract, which I honoured, and gave her the extra notice.
March 17 was the day that we were going to notify her. We arranged a meeting with her. It's one of the most difficult decisions I've ever had to make in my 40 years involved in sport. Firing someone who had a family, who had done some service for us, but I think that.... You know, Lisa still has a career in sailing. She will be hired by other groups. I mean, she's a good coach, so—