I'd like to address that, Madam Chair.
I'd like to read something to you: "Please be assured that the Government conducts a thorough and rigorous screening process to ensure that all federally funded NSOs, including Hockey Canada, maintain a well-defined governance structure and code of conduct.” That was a letter from the Minister of Sport sent to me in 2016 and 2018. At that time, Hockey Canada definitely did not have a well-defined structure or code of conduct. As we know now, they failed that miserably. Nothing was done.
In our situation, the CHL does not fall under Hockey Canada. It does not fall under the NSO. It does not fall under this type of governance. They would have to sign on to that individually, because they are in limbo. They claim that they're amateur to get amateur breaks on insurance, but they're a professional league. They have players, 168 players who play in the league, who have salaries in excess of $300 million. How is that an amateur league?
Therefore, one of the areas that we have is that the NSOs need to be held accountable. The funding to Hockey Canada means nothing, but we think that the appointment of the NSO, which represents at the Olympic committee in order to qualify for world championship games, is the bigger carrot that the government could impose. If they don't fall within funding, we're going to find another organization and another board to represent those athletes, and that could be across the board.