I have limited time.
I asked you that because you submitted a brief to the Standing Committee on the Status of Women in December 2022, and you said that in your opinion there were avenues available for redress other than opting into a judicial inquiry—and you're sharing that—to investigate maltreatment in Canadian sport.
However, the former minister for sport came out in the media last week saying the exact opposite.
I'll quote Kirsty Duncan, who is a former minister of sport: “It should not be a fight. I'm asking for the protection of athletes and children. There should never have been pushback.” This is what Duncan told the CBC in an exclusive interview. She went on to state, “I will not stand idly by while there are athletes, children and young people hurting in this country. And I do not accept the status quo. And if [we] do not push for an inquiry, it means accepting the status quo. And I will not be complicit.”
That came from the former minister. I mean, that's clear. She would have known what was going on as the minister.
Do you agree that there is some truth to what she's saying? Because of the rampant amounts of abuse, doesn't this call for a national inquiry in light of all the allegations and confirmed cases of abuse coming out in sport?