Again, I completely agree with Myriam. In terms of FIFA still harbouring people who were directly involved in our case, I think, again, on a societal level, we need to say that it's not okay and find a way to break these relationships. For us, essentially, for 11 years they all just closed in on each other. Whether we went to the media or soccer organizations or whatever, everybody was in bed with each other and everybody was protecting each other, so we had nowhere to go.
Even in the sense of what we could do when people come forward, like for therapy.... I was lucky enough to have the resources to have a lot of therapy over COVID, which completely changed things for me, but that was an absolute privilege and not a right. I was completely harmed by our sports system for 10 years, so I think, again, those sorts of resources, like support, even just.... Those are just the sorts of things where you're so siloed, and you're up against these massive organizations and these people and power, and there's just nothing on the other side.
Like Myriam said, people are signed to NDAs, even those who want to speak out with the Canada Soccer situation, board members, former coaches. I know people directly who do want to speak to the kinds of things that have gone on, but they're under NDAs and they're afraid to speak because there are legal ramifications for doing so. These are all things that, again.... I think it's just very important that we send a message that they are not okay.
Groups like FIFA are not above basic human rights and treating people properly, and athletes should not have to go through this. I would love nothing more than if the 11 years during which we were silenced turned into Canada being a strong voice and a strong leader to say that this is not okay, that their coming into our country with our taxpayers' money for their event and harbouring people who were part of covering up for a sexual predator is not okay. I just think support is completely lacking, legal, emotional, all of it. There's absolutely none of that currently, and I think that alone needs to change.