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Carla Qualtrough

@cqualtro.bsky.social
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Former Member of Parliament for Delta | Minister of Sport and Physical Activity — Athlete • Advocate • Mother • Leader

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Carla Qualtrough @cqualtro.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Let’s hold ourselves accountable and not fall into the trap of defensiveness, excuse-making and risk management. Let’s see this as the opportunity it is.
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Carla Qualtrough @cqualtro.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Today we should all be reflecting on what we could have done to prevent this from happening in the first place.
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Carla Qualtrough @cqualtro.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
I care very deeply about sport. I believe very strongly in the power of sport to do good. There are good people doing good things in sport every day in every corner of this country.
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Carla Qualtrough @cqualtro.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Sport is unsafe. As a result of underfunding, insufficient legal/regulatory authority, system fragmentation, and cultural permissiveness.
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Carla Qualtrough @cqualtro.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
The culture of sport is permissive and enabling. Canadians need to decide that the sport they want is not the sport we have – as parents, consumers, participants, we can make choices that will change the sport landscape.
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Carla Qualtrough @cqualtro.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
The sport system is fragmented and inefficient. Efforts to address gaps have been reactive and piecemeal. There are too many organizations and no coordinating agency to provide leadership and strategic direction. We need a national sport agency.
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Carla Qualtrough @cqualtro.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Sport is dangerously unregulated. We need law to regulate sport - whether it’s funded or not by the government. Canada does not have the legal framework or regulatory authority to do what needs to be done.
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Carla Qualtrough @cqualtro.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Sport is woefully underfunded. Investments in sport are investments in the health and safety of our kids. Sport is part of our national identity, and our investments need to reflect this.
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Carla Qualtrough @cqualtro.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
The Commission laid bare a truth that will be hard for some to hear, but those are the people who need to hear it the most.
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Carla Qualtrough @cqualtro.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
We need to make some big decisions to ensure they get the sport they deserve. We can do this.
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Carla Qualtrough @cqualtro.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Bottom line: the sport system needs an overhaul. People have been harmed – children have been harmed. We owe it to everyone who was hurt, maltreated, discriminated against, bullied, denied access, and excluded to see this as an opportunity to do better for all Canadian children.
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Carla Qualtrough @cqualtro.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
My first thought – there needs to be a formal apology by the Prime Minister to victims and survivors of abuse in sport. In fact, we should all apologize. There can be no doubt that we failed.
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Carla Qualtrough @cqualtro.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Today is an important day in Canadian sport history. The Future of Sport in Canada’s preliminary recommendations are thoughtful and bold.
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