Status of Women committee  I'm confident that we will succeed. I put my faith in the next generation, like Ms. Bailey, who was here last week. It was so refreshing and inspirational to hear about what she's doing. This generation will not put up with maltreatment, because speaking up has become mainstream

Status of Women committee  Previous abuse cases aren't excluded from the ambit of the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner. There will be an analysis, and if current participants in the sport are still at risk, complaints concerning previous cases will definitely be considered.

Status of Women committee  No.

Status of Women committee  No. The confidentiality is to protect the information they receive through the investigation process, but their story is theirs and they have the right to talk about it.

Status of Women committee  No.

Status of Women committee  Everything you've referred to is funded by taxpayers' money, whether it's an inquiry or the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada or the national sport organizations. It comes from federal funding. For me, SDRCC could be funded by Health Canada. It could be funded by Justice

Status of Women committee  I would say my only condition is.... The commission is going to take several years, several months—the Dubin commission took more than a year and a half—and in the meantime, victims need to have a place to go.

Status of Women committee  I disagree that it's not working. It just started six months ago. It hasn't been tested yet. In design, there are flaws, and they've been highlighted here. I spoke to them in my five minutes. We need help to make sure—

Status of Women committee  Yes. Investigators, mediators and arbitrators are required to sign a declaration of independence after examining the case file, and all are required to comply with a rigorous code of conduct. They're also subject to the SDRCC's conflict of interest policy.

Status of Women committee  No. The arbitrators and investigators form two separate groups. The investigators gather information and conduct interviews of victims and witnesses, whereas the arbitrators intervene later on in the process if investigation findings are challenged by the participants.

Status of Women committee  At the moment, there are none in the safe sport component, that is to say on the Safeguarding Tribunal.

Status of Women committee  As I explained earlier, she reports to me solely from an operational, not functional, standpoint.

Status of Women committee  The SDRCC was invited as an organization, and I was designated to represent it. No specific request was made to have the commissioner attend.

Status of Women committee  I can talk about that, absolutely. First, the athletes' personal experiences are their own, and they have a right to discuss them. Where we pay attention to confidentiality in the context of proceedings is where we also have to protect other athletes, witnesses or vulnerable ind

Status of Women committee  As I said earlier, our jurisdiction is contractual. Since we aren't a statutory tribunal, we don't have universal authority over everyone who's involved in sport in Canada. That authority must be acquired through service agreements with the federations. Even though only six of t