OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday he鈥檚 concerned sports organizations are not fulfilling their responsibility to keep athletes safe, and groups like Hockey Canada and Gymnastics Canada have work to do to restore trust and assure parents their children are taken care of.

鈥淭hey shouldn't be worried about satisfying the government, they should be worried about satisfying parents across the country, that they're keeping their kids safe, that they are an organization promoting the kinds of values, the kind of safe environment that every parent has a right to expect for their kids, that we want kids to model,鈥� Trudeau said Friday.

In a statement to 麻豆影视, Minister of Sport Pascale St-Onge confirmed on Thursday that the federal government will freeze funding to Gymnastics Canada until the organization co-operates with the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner (OSIC).

This came on the heels of more than 500 gymnasts signing an open letter to St-Onge calling on the minister to suspend funding to the organization, and reiterating previous calls for an investigation into what it calls 鈥渢he systemic culture of abuse that prevails in Canadian gymnastics.鈥�

Last month the federal government also froze funding to Hockey Canada, under fire for its handling of sexual assault claims.

In a statement issued Friday, Gymnastics Canada said it鈥檚 committed to implementing behavioural and cultural change within the sport.

鈥淲e remain committed to address abuse and maltreatment through an independent, formal and legally tested complaint management process,鈥� the statement reads. 鈥淎s importantly, Gymnastics Canada has and will continue to provide professional victim support services to all those in need as a result of abuse or maltreatment matters that are brought to our attention through the formal complaint process.鈥�

Gymnastics Canada said it鈥檚 met with St-Onge鈥檚 office several times, and is working with McLaren Global Sport Solutions 鈥� which it hired last month to review the organization鈥檚 culture and safe sport practices.

鈥淭he sport system is facing significant complexities as we commit to modernize our approaches and practices,鈥� the statement reads. 鈥淎s leaders in the sport of gymnastics, we will continue to do our very best to adopt evidence-based practices and remain committed to working through any issues openly, fairly, and in alignment with our values.鈥�

Gymnasts for Change Canada, which issued the open letter to St-Onge, said in that letter: 鈥淲e categorically reject the 鈥榗ulture鈥� review recently announced by GymCan, through the engagement of another sport-based organization, McLaren Global Sport Solutions. A review bought and paid for by the very organization to be investigated, imposed on survivors without consultation, makes a mockery of the investigative process.鈥�

Trudeau says he wants sports organizations across Canada to be more transparent and sign on to accountability measures, such as the abuse-free sport program under the OSIC. There are currently only four program signatories: Canada Games Council, Canadian Sport for Live, Volleyball Canada, and Weightlifting Canada Haltérophilie.

Trudeau also says the government is committed to helping reinstate trust in sporting organizations, and that he鈥檚 had several conversations with St-Onge鈥檚 office in recent months to discuss 鈥渞eal concerns鈥� about some organizations.

鈥淲e're going to continue making sure that as a government and working with other orders of government, we are pushing for changes that make sure that our kids are kept safe,鈥� he said.

鈥淲e need to listen, we need to act, and that's exactly what we're doing,鈥� Trudeau said.

Trudeau also says the government is committed to helping reinstate trust in sporting organizations.

"We're going to continue making sure that as a government and working with other orders of government, we are pushing for changes that make sure that our kids are kept safe," he said.

"We need to listen, we need to act, and that's exactly what we're doing."

With files from 麻豆影视鈥� Melanie Nagy and Alexandra Mae Jones