Paris Olympics 2024: How safer are Canadian athletes? [Video]

After tearful and shocking testimonies on Parliament Hill, and the admission there is a safe-sport crisis in Canada, how safer are athletes from abuse and maltreatment heading into the Paris Games?

Canada’s high-performance sport system underwent a reckoning since athletes exited Beijing’s Winter Games two years ago.

Athletes spoke of current and historical instances of abuse — mental, verbal, physical and sexual — and fear of retribution for reporting it.

Members of Parliament heard athlete welfare took a back seat to the pursuit of medals.

The bloodletting isn’t over. After two parliamentary committees held safe-sport hearings, a Future of Sport in Canada Commission will delve into those issues again, despite persistent calls from many quarters for a national inquiry.

“There’s so much more work to be done, but I’d say it is safer,” said Canada’s Sports Minister Carla Qualtrough.

“The culture shift that we’ve all been calling for and working …