Canadian Heritage committee  First of all, probably more than 60% of our Olympic team at the Tokyo 2020 games and at the Beijing winter games were female. More women won medals than men won medals. Therefore, more investment is made in women's sport by the Olympic Committee than is made in men's sport.

Canadian Heritage committee  Well, I'm making a per capita assumption based on how we fund the national sports organizations. We could try to provide that after the fact.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. We've made progress. I don't want that to be misinterpreted; there's still lots more work to do. An area I would draw our attention to is the important need for a registry as it relates to safe sport. We've made important progress for the roughly 3,000 athletes who p

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. Education and awareness is something we've put our own investment behind. I'll draw from my example with my three children who participate in sport. They participate with the benefit of fabulous volunteers and fabulous coaches. In part because of the role that I'm in

Canadian Heritage committee  A hundred per cent of it comes from our marketing partnerships—the private sector we do business with.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes.

Canadian Heritage committee  They're very much committed to the effort to make the Canadian sport system as safe as it possibly can be.

Canadian Heritage committee  As I said in my opening statement, we support an inquiry. I think it's very important that it hear from survivors and that it be trauma-informed. I hope the remit includes the very alignment to which you refer. I believe we've made substantial progress for the 3,000 to 5,000 na

Canadian Heritage committee  Among our employees, we don't hire a single coach. The coaches who support the national sports programs are all hired by the national sports organizations.

Canadian Heritage committee  We do indeed. We do criminal background checks, and we have a selection committee that evaluates that.

Canadian Heritage committee  I was one of the very few who were privileged to watch those four participate in the Tokyo games. Because of COVID, there were probably six Canadians and eight Swedes who watched them win the Olympic gold medal in a stadium with 80,000 seats. Their performance for Canada made u

Canadian Heritage committee  By the very nature of our transition to the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner and Abuse-Free Sport, I'd be unaware of complaints that are made by athletes. That's so that they can do so without fear of retribution. In connection with the May 11 reforms that were announc

Canadian Heritage committee  The most important way to verify is to continue to listen to athletes' voices. Athletes' voices got us to that place, including those within our board, making it known that they needed a place independent of sport where athletes across this country could go to make complaints of

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm not aware of a sanctions list. It's one of the things that I believe are absolutely necessary to come from the committee's work here. There needs to be a national safe sport registry.

Canadian Heritage committee  It's not necessarily. It could well be that it's the case, and I think that's part of the gap we've identified in this work.