'We're in crisis': Safe sport advocate Allison Forsyth says feds must be preventative in tackling sexual abuse

WARNING: This article contains details that may affect those who have experienced sexual abuse or know someone affected by it.

Less than a week after Canada's sport minister Pascale St-Onge announced a number of new measures to combat what she calls a crisis in the country, sexual abuse survivor-turned-safe sport advocate Allison Forsyth is questioning just how effective the measures will be.

St-Onge highlighted a number of steps Sport Canada is taking to begin the process of changing the country's sport system, including changing the contribution agreements with national sport organizations (NSOs). That means there will be enhanced checks and balances and heightened accountability in place that will directly impact sport organizations and their funding.

Sport organizations receiving federal funding will have to meet specific governance, accountability and safe-sport standards.

While all of this looks good on paper, Forsyth worries it won't translate into meaningful change quickly enough.

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"To be completely honest and frank, it's been frustrating for me of late. If you've lived it, you know. If you are Kyle Beach, you know. If you are a Larry Nassar survivor, you know. If you're myself, you know," Forsyth told CBC Sports.

"And I wish I could say all the decisions being made right now are being made by people with lived experiences and survivors of abuse, yet they're not. I'm not here to make anyone wrong for that. I believe there are a lot of very good people trying to help with this massive issue."

Forsyth was an Olympic skier who competed at the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City. Skiing at the highest level was her life and she was willing to do whatever it took to get to