Thank you, Chair.
Thank you, everybody, for being here today.
You said something, Madame Marchant, that really hit me. There were a couple of things, actually, that really hit my heart. You said “believing”, like “we just want to be believed”. I think when you believe somebody, you respond with action.
You testified in 2016. You're back here. Clearly, there's not been enough action.
You also spoke about your “stupid“ athlete brain. I would say your “battered brain”. This really hit me, and it demonstrated to me how deep this labelling is.
As I go through this study.... This is very new to me. I was not sporty. I barely passed my gym credits in high school. It was a battle at the time.
This is all very new to me. However, in the study that we've had, it's becoming very clear to me that the systems that are in place are not working. There's OSIC. You talked about NSO and Hockey Canada. They're not keeping athletes safe.
However, there seems to be a lot of push-back from federations in response to calls from victims for judicial inquiries. I know that you have a legal background. I wonder if you could share why you think there's push-back from federations right now for a judicial inquiry.