Sports Minister Carla Qualtrough said she would announce one early next week formal, independent mechanism
to examine systemic abuse and human rights violations in Canadian sport.
Qualtrough made the comments at a UN forum in Switzerland, as athletes, coaches and lawmakers in Canada continue to call for a public inquiry into abuse in sport.
The process will be trauma-informed, human rights-based and future-focused.
she said in a speech (new window) at the Sporting Chance Forum on Tuesday in Geneva.
Top athletes in several sports have accused the federal government of failing to respond to abuse in sport. They are among those who have appeared before House of Commons committees investigating the issue and have repeatedly called for a public inquiry. (new window)
The former sports minister Pascale-St-Onge was committed to this do something to appeal to athletes
whether it was a public inquiry or something Investigation
before being moved to another Cabinet post this summer.
In other cases where the government has faced a crisis, it has appointed people such as retired Supreme Court justices to independently examine the issue. For example, amid the military’s sexual misconduct crisis, the government commissioned retired Supreme Court Justice Louise Arbor to review the matter and release a report.
Earlier this year, Ottawa appointed former Governor General David Johnston as an independent special rapporteur on foreign interference to investigate China’s attempts to interfere in the last two elections, before he resigned amid controversy and a public inquiry was called.
Qualtrough did not say in her comments in Geneva what the independent mechanism to investigate abuse in sport would look like.
She said she was announcing one too Series of emergency measures
to address issues that abuse survivors have uncovered and highlighted in parliamentary committees.
The announcement will include what happens next with Canada’s Safe Sports Abuse Program and the Office of the Sports Integrity Commissioner, Qualtrough said.
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