Thank you, Ms. Gladu. I hear that congratulations are in order for you and your family on the birth of a new granddaughter.
I am hoping that with an inquiry we will see what we saw 35 years ago with the precedent set by former chief justice of Ontario Charles Dubin. He took a systematic approach. He left no stone unturned. He looked at everything—athlete rights, multiple sports, policies, procedures and finances. He exposed the rot and the extent of that rot. He made dozens of recommendations. The government chose which ones to implement. He opened the world's eyes to doping in sport.
I think we have an opportunity here, as hard as it will be. You folks have all done the hard work this last year, listening to these brave and courageous athletes come forward and hearing their stories. It's hard. These stories are decades old. This has been going on for decades. If we do not have an inquiry, we will not get to the bottom of this. In sport, abuse is decades old. It's entrenched. It's complex. In some cases, it's athletes who are abused and harassed by coaches and judges and other support staff. In other cases, it's athletes who become predators and assault those only tangentially linked to the sport system. In other cases, it's athletes abusing other athletes. It's complex.
The only way to get to this complexity is through a national public inquiry. I think we are finally at a moment in time where we cannot lose this moment. There is an understanding that this is a problem, and we cannot afford to fail our children. The time is now.