La Commission on the Future of Sport in Canada just published its final reportThis is the result of nearly two years of work. It identifies two major areas to explore: improve safety in sport and improve the Canadian sport system. « Sport is at a turning point in CanadaCommissioner Lise Maisonneuve believes. Although sport is of great importance to Canadians, systemic failures And widespread mistreatment continues to compromise the safety of participants and the health of the sport system. The status quo is not acceptable. »
The report presents 98 concrete calls to action to build a sports system safe, responsible, inclusive and aligned with Canadian values " : strengthening governance, increasing investment, reducing barriers to participation, creating a " centralized sports entity, structured as a state-owned company "in order to ensure national leadership, etc." The Canadian Olympic Committee and the Canadian Paralympic Committee welcomed these findings.
« We believe in a strong, united, and athlete-focused sport system, built on the strength of its partners; a safe, inclusive, and accessible system for all Canadians, from recreational to high-performance levels.they wrote in a statement. The Commission's final report underlines the importance of the priorities that the COC and the CPC have long advocated and concludes, as we have also done, that The Canadian sports system suffers from chronic underfundingCanada's national sport organizations have urgent and sustained increase needed of core funding from the federal government. »
