Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for being here.
I’ll proceed quickly, because time is running out.
Ms. Gagnon, you said you don’t have expertise in the sports community, but you are aware of similar issues with abuse of power in other communities. You know that athletes no longer trust the system in place. They came before us, federal MPs, asking us to act and change the culture.
Furthermore, statistics show that the system implemented by the federal government after Hockey Canada’s scandals simply doesn’t work. Indeed, the Sport Integrity Commissioner stated that two thirds of the complaints her office received were deemed inadmissible.
You worked with the Committee of Experts on Support for Victims of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence, which tabled its report, Contrer la violence sexuelle, la violence conjugale et Rebâtir la confiance, in December 2020.
Given the toxic environment in which sports communities find themselves, do you agree that partisanship should be set aside to set up an independent commission of inquiry, as we saw in Quebec? Victims requested it to help them rebuild trust.