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Canadian Heritage committee  First of all, they have. I can give you an example from this past year that you may be familiar with. A player reported a concern of racial abuse to our director of CDI, Mr. Rico Phillips. That was a new position we put in place two years ago. We conducted an independent investigation, and the person who was alleged to have made certain remarks was expelled from our league.

July 27th, 2022Committee meeting

David Branch

Canadian Heritage committee  Certainly. Madam Chair, COVID caused us to have to pause the training. That was at the request of the Ontario rape crisis coalition. One of the pillars of the program that they want to have is that their representatives meet in person.

July 27th, 2022Committee meeting

David Branch

Canadian Heritage committee  They didn't want to do it virtually, so we had to pause it there. Last year we had more difficulty because, in the province of Ontario, there were ongoing health and safety guidelines around COVID.

July 27th, 2022Committee meeting

David Branch

July 27th, 2022Committee meeting

David Branch

Canadian Heritage committee  All our teams will engage with the program once again at the start of our season.

July 27th, 2022Committee meeting

David Branch

July 27th, 2022Committee meeting

David Branch

Canadian Heritage committee  We have an orientation week that we call at the start of the year, and that's where most of our education programs are introduced and administered. It's a two-hour program. Each team has a designated support person, and it's through that mechanism, if there's a need for follow-up, that may occur in that fashion.

July 27th, 2022Committee meeting

David Branch

Canadian Heritage committee  As a league, we named our very first director of player services last year. One of his core responsibilities is to make sure that all our programs are being delivered and delivered properly. There's no excuse for what you raised here in terms of a team not following up with the billets.

July 27th, 2022Committee meeting

David Branch

Canadian Heritage committee  Well, we exchange information—

July 27th, 2022Committee meeting

David Branch

Canadian Heritage committee  Well, I think first of all, as president Dan alluded to, we recognized that there were some historical issues and challenges.

July 27th, 2022Committee meeting

David Branch

Canadian Heritage committee  I can tell you that we have an absolute prohibition on any rite of passage to join the team, etc. We work to educate. We have an incident reporting map. Players can confidentially contact a person who would be responsible for overseeing hazing situations and the like. We have a professional who goes into teams, interviews all the players and does an intervention and assessment to make sure that the proper environment, the proper programs, are being delivered.

July 27th, 2022Committee meeting

David Branch

Canadian Heritage committee  It's a different environment with better attitudes, starting with our owners all the way down.

July 27th, 2022Committee meeting

David Branch

Canadian Heritage committee  Well, I know that league by league we are tracking—

July 27th, 2022Committee meeting

David Branch

Canadian Heritage committee  I completely—

July 27th, 2022Committee meeting

David Branch

Canadian Heritage committee  If I understand the question correctly, in the last five years, we've had no sexual assault claims. We had one report of a sexual misconduct, which was as a result of a player playing in Europe taking a picture that he distributed, which certainly violated the young woman's rights.

July 27th, 2022Committee meeting

David Branch