This past summer, we self-funded our trip to Ottawa to be present to hear the members of Hockey Canada defend themselves against complaints, allegations and accusations that Rob and my team, Gymnasts for Change, and I know all too well. We wanted to hear what they had to say first-hand, and we heard the same things from that group that I have heard from leaders in gymnastics for the last six years as a board member on two boards.
They were evasive. They were not transparent. Even when they were compelled to testify and hand over documents, they resisted.
That is what we fear. That's why a culture review of any sort—such as the one that Gymnastics Canada is currently paying for with the McLaren Group or, frankly, the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner—is not going to suffice. They agree that a culture review is not going to suffice because we can't hope that the NSOs, the national sports organizations, are going to voluntarily hand over all their dirty secrets to us.