Madison Payette said her "stomach dropped" when she heard her former coach had been given a three-year ban after she filed an assault complaint, rather than the lifetime ban she'd been hoping for cbc.ca/1.6850256

This is *one* youth centre and allegedly *one* perpetrator… and 200 kids. Collectively @Gym4ChangeCan Global Athlete Fencing for Change Figure Skating for Change Canada have received thousands of stories too. Just imagine the scale of this problem. It’s almost unfathomable. It can’t continue.

Dear Pascale St-Onge this is the system Canada and the CRDSC-SDRCC has replicated. The Canadian system does not work. The primary reason athletes and advocates are calling for an inquiry. Global Athlete @Gym4ChangeCan Fencing for Change Sport Canada theguardian.com/sport/blog/202…

As Amelia C (she/her) 🇨🇦🇺🇦 & I say in the article, @Gym4ChangeCan team is very optimistic about a Minister who has lived experience with both the positive & negative aspects of the 🇨🇦sport system and who believes in the gravity of what survivors have been saying. We won’t have to start

The #AthleteVoice began the call for a national inquiry but as evidence of Canada's toxic sport system mounted, prominent organisations joined: Team Canada Own the Podium CCES Human Rights Canada Canadian Women & Sport | Femmes et sport au Canada Coaching Association of Canada 📣 Justin Trudeau Carla Qualtrough we are wating 1/2

Today's joint statement reiterates the unanswered demands for a national inquiry into the toxic culture of abuse that exists across all levels of Canadian sport. Read bit.ly/c4nic Justin Trudeau Carla Qualtrough 2/2 @Gym4ChangeCan Fencing for Change Figure Skating for Change Canada Scholars Against Abuse in Canadian Sport

We are proud to continue using our voices for this message. The time for change is now 💪

Forced kiss claim leads to 'helplessness' for accuser who turned to Olympics abuse-fighting agency apnews.com/article/forced…

2023 Ignoble Awards - Nominee The Canadian Government - this well-resourced, rich country has turned a blind eye to countless incidents of abuse & harassment in their national sports. Thousands of athletes have appealed for an inquiry the politicians have refused.

“The national inquiry is purposeful for ensuring every child, every athlete, including all marginalized participants, have an absolute right to access sport in safety.” — Judge Rosemarie Aquilina Rosemarie Aquilina Kara Eaker

Still no commitment to a national public inquiry into sport. Abuse in sport is not a new problem, but one that was ignored for decades. How many more athletes and how many more stories before Canada does the right thing and calls an inquiry? #safesport ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer…

From Rick Westhead - Western University women’s hockey team players wrote to school president Alan Shepard that they’ll boycott all practices/games if coach Candice Moxley continues in her role after a third-party investigation into allegations of misconduct: tsn.ca/western-women-…

While today’s announcement from 🇨🇦 Minister of Sport to establish a ‘Future of Sport in Canada Commission’ isn’t the national inquiry athletes have been calling for, it shows that the gov. has recognized that the sport system is broken & needs repair. bit.ly/csma23