Thank you to all the witnesses. To the Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres, that is fantastic work. I don't need to ask you any questions, because your presentation was so clear, and we're going to take up a lot of your recommendations. I so appreciate your work.
BC Lions, because I'm elected on Vancouver Island, we hear a lot about your program. The Haven Society domestic violence shelter in my riding of Nanaimo brags a lot about the partnerships and the impacts of the work that BC Lions has done, always saluting the Ending Violence Association, the NGO that has really led a lot of the sports teams. I'm feeling especially relieved about the way that some leaders in sports are using their authority and their power and influence to really change the conversation.
Anne Taylor, the executive director of the Haven Society, was describing leaving a training session with a whole bunch of violence against women activists and educators, being at the top of an escalator where a whole bunch of young bucks down the escalator were kind of horsing around. There was a little bit of jostling going on and some regular members of the public were being affected, and from the very top of the stairs comes someone who had gone through the BC Lions training, his big voice saying, “Hey man, respect”, and everybody fell into line like that. All these women from the movement to end domestic violence said they could never have done that. They wouldn't have had the same impact. It was such a great example of leadership. It was a small thing, but it makes a big difference to people who have been on the front lines for so long. We're not going to fix this without solidarity, so thank you.
I was also really affected by a story I heard that came from a Jackson Katz presentation. He's the guy who was training the BC Lions. Is that right?