Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  What did you have for lunch?

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Carter and Anne, could you add to that? At the time of the injuries, did the team have an organized concussion protocol and was it followed?

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Okay. Thank you. That's very useful. We know they're out there and we've heard reports that there are various levels of compliance with that. Matthew or Kathy, at the time you were playing, do you know whether there was an organized protocol that the teams followed in case of concussion?

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  All right. Thank you very much.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Thank you. Ash, I believe it was you that mentioned that there was a concussion protocol when you were injured. Was that right? Could you describe what they did and what their protocol was at the time of that injury? What did they look for and what was their decision, based on that?

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Okay. You said you interviewed Don Cherry. Did you ask him about fighting in hockey?

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  He told you that in an interview.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Interesting. Ash, you said as well that you were accused of malingering, that you were faking it. Is that right? Again, as a physician, I find that disturbing. Was there a culture in your league, when someone was injured, to walk it off, to be tough?

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Congratulations on the good judgment of saying, no, I can't do this, and getting off. I wish more players would. I wish they would. That's my time. Thank you very much.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  All right. I am so sorry to hear that. It is a horrible thing to find out that this kind of thing goes on. We talk a lot about violence in sports and how some cultures will tolerate it. In the league that you were in, did it seem to be tolerated when there was violence going on or when there were obvious dirty hits and that sort of thing?

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you all for testifying and for coming here today. This is very helpful, and I know it takes a lot of courage to describe these experiences because they are obviously very traumatic events in your lives. Ms. Leeder, I want to start with you. I just want to clarify.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Okay, was this advice from one of the coaches or...?

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Oh, absolutely, yes.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Okay, thank you. Carter, again, it sounds like there's a very troubling history in some of the things that were described here. I just want to expand on something your mother was saying in her testimony, that there was a “hit list” from the other coach. Was that your understanding of what was going on?

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  All right. This is question I want to open up, and I'll ask everyone in turn about this. One of the controversies that comes up in the media—it's talked about on the sports networks, and sportscasters will talk about this—is the issue of fighting in hockey. It's technically against the rules, but we also know that it's tolerated by the leagues.