My question is for Sport Canada. In the Canadian Strategy for Ethical Conduct in Sport, it says that one of the priorities is to promote ethical conduct in amateur and professional sport. As you know, language-related issues often come up in the context of various sports. I asked Mr. Nicholson earlier about one of the aspects of that policy statement, but I would like to hear what you have to say about it.
The strategy states: “[...]sport officials are respected for their decisions by athletes, [...] and are not interfered with in the execution of their duties.”
Did you really believe that when you wrote it, or was it simply something interesting to say that would be more in line with an ethical position?