Hockey Quebec has voted to separate from Hockey Canada less than a day after Sports Minister Pascale St-Onge asked provincial hockey federations to put pressure on Hockey Canada to change its management..Hockey Quebec said it has a lack of “confidence in the ability of Hockey Canada to act effectively to change the culture of hockey with the structure in place” and suspends all registration fees that are usually paid to Hockey Canada..Hockey Canada had a series of sex scandals over the last few decades where it paid off victims from a special fund that was funded by player registration fees..The sex scandals became public knowledge in May when TSN reported a sexual assault payout after eight players on the 2018 World Junior hockey team allegedly gang raped a young woman..St-Onge and victims’ rights advocate Sheldon Kennedy said Hockey Canada leadership needs to quit and new leadership is needed to regain the public’s trust..St-Onge said Hockey Canada does not have “the capacity to renew themselves from within.”.Another Hockey Canada fund, National Equity Fund, was discovered being used to pay off sexual assault complaints.
Hockey Quebec has voted to separate from Hockey Canada less than a day after Sports Minister Pascale St-Onge asked provincial hockey federations to put pressure on Hockey Canada to change its management..Hockey Quebec said it has a lack of “confidence in the ability of Hockey Canada to act effectively to change the culture of hockey with the structure in place” and suspends all registration fees that are usually paid to Hockey Canada..Hockey Canada had a series of sex scandals over the last few decades where it paid off victims from a special fund that was funded by player registration fees..The sex scandals became public knowledge in May when TSN reported a sexual assault payout after eight players on the 2018 World Junior hockey team allegedly gang raped a young woman..St-Onge and victims’ rights advocate Sheldon Kennedy said Hockey Canada leadership needs to quit and new leadership is needed to regain the public’s trust..St-Onge said Hockey Canada does not have “the capacity to renew themselves from within.”.Another Hockey Canada fund, National Equity Fund, was discovered being used to pay off sexual assault complaints.
