Future of Sport Report & Alberta
The Future of Sport in Canada Commission has spoken. Here's what it means for sport in Alberta, and why ASLA is ready.
On March 24, 2026, Commissioner Lise Maisonneuve and her Special Advisors released Transforming Sport in Canada: Time for Action — a landmark 952-page report that examined every level of Canadian sport after 591 meetings and consultations with over 1,000 individuals, including 175 victims and survivors of maltreatment.
The report's central finding is direct: Canada's sport system is broken. Fragmented, under-resourced, inconsistently governed, and too often unsafe.
At ASLA, we read this report not as a critique of what we are — but as a confirmation of what we must be.
What the Commission is calling for:
A Multilateral Sport Framework requiring every province to establish a centralized independent complaint mechanism, a universal code of conduct, and harmonized governance standards as conditions of federal funding.
A Pan-Canadian Safe Sport Program with provincial and territorial safe sport authorities serving as regional delivery nodes.
A Crown Corporation to centralize national sport leadership, reduce fragmentation, and eliminate duplication.
A commitment that "an underfunded sport system is an unsafe sport system", and an urgent call for renewed, sustained investment.
What this means for Alberta:
The Commission explicitly identifies Alberta as a province currently implementing an independent third-party complaint mechanism. That mechanism is the Alberta Safe Sport Complaint Mechanism (ABSSCM) — developed and administered by ASLA, in partnership with our Independent Third Party, ALIAS Solutions.
Alberta is not starting from scratch. We have:
A province-wide independent complaint mechanism (ABSSCM)
A harmonized Alberta Universal Code of Conduct (AB UCC), aligned with the national UCCMS
An independent third-party intake and case management system (ALIAS)
A growing network of Provincial Sport Organizations that have adopted the system
The Commission's report is a call to accelerate, deepen, and advocate. ASLA's three strategic priorities — Sport Integrity, Collective Advocacy, and System Alignment — are exactly what the Commission is asking provincial sport organizations to lead.
The organizations that engage now will help shape the national architecture. Those who wait will be shaped by it.
We are committed to working with the Government of Alberta, our PSO members, and national partners to ensure Alberta's investment in safe, inclusive sport is recognized, funded, and built upon in the national framework that follows.
The time for action is now. Alberta is ready.
To read more, click the link for the full report!