Thank you, Madam Chair.
It's alarming testimony, but we knew about this. That's the thing. You're talking about systems. Let's talk about the abuse of gymnasts. This is something that has been in the news forever, in terms of human rights violations. FIFA.... It's in the news, all the time.
We talk about sports organizations, but we also have a responsibility, as elected officials, to put in laws to protect people.
I want to read a quote from Lianne Nicolle. It's from an article in The Guardian, from this past April, about the investigation of sexual misconduct. I want to hear your perspectives on this. She said, “The only people in the system with moral courage are the athletes.”
That was Lianne Nicolle, a former soccer board member who was also, previously, the executive director of the Canadian Olympic Foundation. She goes on to say this: “Repercussions need to be higher for people not willing to have moral courage. It's not just the perpetrators [who are the issue]. It is the enablers.”
I want to hear your thoughts about what she had to say.