Status of Women committee  I think that it's really important to recognize that there are always going to be abusers. I think, unfortunately, people care about themselves, their own survival, their institutions and how they look, ahead of doing the right thing. Unfortunately, I probably wouldn't have had s

Status of Women committee  I personally don't. I also want to put out there that I hate the word “policy”. I think our case shows that you can have a million policies out there, but if you don't have people with moral fortitude to follow through with the policies, or have systems in place to force those p

Status of Women committee  No. In terms of how broken the system is, it seems as if he's a perfect representation to show where we're at, currently. Unfortunately, he's a perfect figurehead for how broken Canada Soccer is and how athletes have been treated within the organization.

Status of Women committee  I think the first thing is education. There were so many situations as an athlete where I just thought it was a consequence of being an outspoken person; I got benched or I had bad things happen to me. I think I learned two years ago that it's a form of abuse called “neglect”.

Status of Women committee  Yes, 100%.

Status of Women committee  In terms of what a national judicial inquiry would accomplish, what I mentioned before was the fact that I can see there's such a lack of acknowledgement of what is right and what is wrong. I think what my blog served to do, at least, was...everybody in Vancouver who was in elite

Status of Women committee  I think to this point, we've been so silenced and siloed as athletes. Again, we spoke about it before we came here. Finally, even to just listen and connect with athletes in different sports.... For so long, I felt like I was a troublemaker and I was a problem person for speaking

Status of Women committee  There was a call for it last week, wasn't there?

Status of Women committee  That means a lot, and it's very healing, honestly.

Status of Women committee  Again, I completely agree with Myriam. In terms of FIFA still harbouring people who were directly involved in our case, I think, again, on a societal level, we need to say that it's not okay and find a way to break these relationships. For us, essentially, for 11 years they all j

Status of Women committee  No, absolutely not. We still, again, through a private donation, are trying to get even therapy money from Canada Soccer. There are so many conflicts of interest with Hockey Canada information that was coming forward and pressure on Canada Soccer. There needs to be a full financi

Status of Women committee  Absolutely, I think this is a private entity that's been set up. It's off the back of the assets of Canada Soccer. It's marketing and sponsorship money that is going into a private organization that nobody knows. In this country, we don't have a professional or even a national

Status of Women committee  I know from speaking with athletes across multiple sports that they were approached by ITP and have shared private information about their cases, again, under the idea that the person approaching them is someone who is sympathetic to their situation. Then they have found months o

Status of Women committee  I would add that I completely agree with Myriam, and I think also what's been particularly striking through all of this is just how, as athletes, we have no resources. We're up against NSOs. They have money. They have power. They have control. As athletes, even coming forward, th

Status of Women committee  I think, again, it boils down to the athletes' having a group that's advocating solely for the athletes because, unfortunately, people don't have the moral compass. It is about business and money, and if they can exploit the athletes' information to gain traction in their busines