Status of Women committee  No, not to my knowledge. I have not heard of any local association that has been approached about this, and I am actually involved in several sports. On that subject, I would say this: if we want to achieve some success in Canada, and I think we have all the means to do that, we

Status of Women committee  Absolutely.

Status of Women committee  Sexual violence emerges very early on, but it is often trivialized. It takes root because of a lack of education. You will maybe say I am belabouring the point, but Canadian volunteers are not necessarily trained to respond to sexual assault or harassment cases. It can start with

Status of Women committee  Thank you for your question. What I would like is for a solution to be found. We have to work with the provinces. Ms. Lafrenière said earlier, and very eloquently, that we have to work with the schools, because they have front row seats, and with the sports clubs. Canada has to

Status of Women committee  I think that Ms. McCormack and Ms. Da Silva Rondeau explained the problems encountered with ITP Sport and Sport Law very well. They also explained the failure of Sport Canada very well. I think there has to be an independent body in Canada or in the provinces to handle complaint

Status of Women committee  In Quebec, we can go to Sport'Aide, which offers support at the local level. I have referred people to that body, which deserves wider recognition and is in fact becoming increasingly well known. There needs to be an equivalent in all of the provinces and territories. That might

Status of Women committee  As Ms. Lafrenière explained very well earlier, the Commission of Inquiry into the Use of Drugs and Banned Practices Intended to Increase Athletic Performance, which was created in the wake of the Ben Johnson case, made Canada a leader in the anti-doping battle. We even have the h

Status of Women committee  It can be seen at every level. I'm going to speak in French, if you don't mind, because it's a very specific question. I have worked a lot at the local level and I have had to handle abuse cases. Ms. Da Silva Rondeau and Ms. McCormack have eloquently explained the problem from a

Status of Women committee  During the summer, when the 2018 scandal came out in the media, I had an opportunity to speak with Mr. Thibault, the executive director of Hockey Quebec, and Mr. Fortin, the chair of the board of directors. I would not go so far as to say that I had some influence on them, but I

Status of Women committee  Yes, absolutely. The coach has to be present, because we are all members of a big sports family. In theory, there should be no dividing line between the coach, who is very often a parent, and the children. As Ms. Lafrenière said earlier, coaches' training involves ethics course

Status of Women committee  Yes.

Status of Women committee  I'm not a legal expert but definitely information needs to be shared. I'm not sure if a registry is the appropriate thing. I'm not an expert but definitely.... We have a recent case in Quebec about a basketball coach who went from one organization to another. The information wasn

Status of Women committee  That's a very good thing because every year we have to do a criminal record check for every single coach or volunteer who is working with the kids in the organization. So everybody has to have a criminal record check. If you have a criminal record, you can't be a coach. One of my

Status of Women committee  Don't be sorry.

Status of Women committee  Madame Lafrenière, do you want to start?