I will start with limitations.
The first thing I'd like to acknowledge is that today we have the ability to receive and look into matters that relate to maltreatment and discrimination. Whenever we have the ability to look into those matters, we do. When we don't, we try to provide the best help and empower those who come forward with the means and the tools to have options, and to know what types of resources they can access.
We realize, as of today, that some cases that come to us are inadmissible. We then look at where we can redirect those inadmissible cases. In less than one-third of those cases, we are able to find an alternative mechanism.
What I'm referring to here are what I would call the current gaps in our system at the different levels of participation. Our mandate, within OSIC, is primarily at the national level, but we know that coaches, athletes and participants experience sport at all levels of the system—at the local and provincial level. That is one limitation. I would call it a systemic limitation to our existing mandate, but it is something that could be solved collectively if all levels of the system were joined together.
In terms of our powers, we have powers that are effective. We can impose sanctions against individuals who have committed violations. We have the power to compel participation by those who have signed on to our processes. We also have the mandate to maintain a registry of sanctions.
Those are three things we feel are very necessary in order to have an effective mechanism that will truly serve its purpose, but the way our jurisdiction and mandate are currently construed, there are some limitations to those three aspects that I mentioned.
I would be happy to provide you with further details on each of those, if that's of interest.