Canadian Heritage committee  Our outreach to different athlete groups over the last two years has been much more robust than it's ever been. We've just reformed our governance model to have two athlete directors who are full and equal voting members on the board. We have created an athlete advisory council s

Canadian Heritage committee  Certainly, internally within our organization, we have had a significant focus on equity, diversity and inclusion over the last two to three years. We have a very intentional employment policy now, where we're recruiting with an EDI lens. Certainly, internally within the organiza

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, we do. We have a board of 10, with a very diverse group on the board, yes.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, certainly, as I mentioned, we are an organization that works with sport organizations that have over an eight-year horizon of athletes on the pathway, so it is very much a future-oriented assessment from our perspective. I believe our responsibility is to help all those ath

Canadian Heritage committee  I believe athletes get involved in high-performance work because they want to win and they believe they can win. Our job in the system is to provide every opportunity for athletes to have the resources to achieve their goals in an environment that respects the psychological healt

Canadian Heritage committee  We have posted our full, audited financial statements on our website for many years, and we will now be posting our board minutes. In fact, we are in the process of doing that now. Thank you.

Canadian Heritage committee  For Own the Podium, our annual budget is about $6.5 million.

Canadian Heritage committee  There are no incremental funds that flow through Own the Podium. Own the Podium's responsibility is to provide investment recommendations to the partners. Those are the Government of Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee—

Canadian Heritage committee  —and the funds are distributed by those partners directly to the sport organizations. The funds don't flow through us.

Canadian Heritage committee  We as leaders all bear a responsibility for what has happened. We all bear responsibility to make sure it doesn't happen again. We would certainly support an inquiry, but I suggest it be an inquiry into the entire sport system, not one limited to safe sport. I believe the issues

Canadian Heritage committee  Don't have an inquiry that is limited to just the safe sport conversation, but one that looks at the entire sport system. Where are the opportunities for improved alignment, improved resourcing and stronger leadership? I would also suggest that.... Maybe I'll stop there, Madam C

Canadian Heritage committee  I would also suggest that the measures that were announced last week by Minister St-Onge will definitely effect some positive change. We have a long way to go. We are just starting the journey. Certainly, the measures that were announced were very positive and will assist the spo

Canadian Heritage committee  Like everyone involved in the sport system, I'm horrified by the stories that we've heard over the last many months. OTP was founded at the request of athletes who complained that the sport system was underfunded and they weren't receiving the necessary support that other natio

Canadian Heritage committee  We are essentially a technical agency. We have a team of what we would call sport technical experts, who provide guidance to all Olympic and Paralympic sports on a number of different elements, including the quality of their coaching, their daily training environment, the competi

Canadian Heritage committee  There are a number of different approaches we've introduced over the last few years. We are doing culture assessments and providing sport organizations with areas in which they can improve their high-performance culture. We are requiring every sport now to have a fulsome wellness