Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, I believe that a public inquiry or a report card, if you want to call it that.... We've said it a couple of times. When you look at countries like the United Kingdom, the United States, New Zealand and Australia, they all do report cards on their NSOs or their respective organizations.

Canadian Heritage committee  Number one, don't put an anti-racism strategy in the same month as “Stop Asian Hate” or Black History Month. They should be separate, because these are things that shouldn't be done for just the 28 or 30 days a year. They should be done 365 days a year. Also, let your employees feel like it's not a check box.

Canadian Heritage committee  You're welcome.

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm not sure what happened in the shift. As I said, in the 1990s, many things were accessible. Costs were down, so coaching courses were affordable for people to take. It was also all mandatory. When it came down to competition, everybody wanted that gold. Everybody wanted to be number one in the world.

Canadian Heritage committee  I have definitely witnessed it and experienced it. Unfortunately, everybody can say they want to be more diverse. In hiring, people are saying they want to put in place anti-racism, or have more minorities in certain positions to represent our country. People's actions are not matching their words.

Canadian Heritage committee  There is a lot more to do. Not enough is being done. To be honest, giving money to NSOs is like a band-aid solution, because a lot of those NSOs are turning around and using that money for something else, not for what it was meant for. They'll combine another program with it, instead of it being just for an anti-racism or a BIPOC program.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Madam Chair, for this opportunity to speak in front of the standing committee. I am not an Olympian. I am not a national team coach. I am not a researcher or scholar. I'm coming to you as a first-generation, proud Jamaican Canadian who grew up in Scarborough, Ontario, with a background in amateur sport spanning over 30 years.